If you started a job that was close to your hobby, has that diminished your love for it? (lemmy.ml)

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I've heard this before, but haven't found it the case personally. I started work in manual jobs and messing around with computers was my evening hobby. Many years later, I now do IT as a job (partly from gaining skills from that hobby) but also have continued it as my primary thing to do when I'm not working. I was worried when I changed into this career that my hobby would become too much like work to be enjoyable, but I've not found that.

Is this the same for other people, or am I unusual in doing something in my off hours that's so close to my career? I'm genuinely curious to know if others have found the same or whether they found another hobby.

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[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Yes, and no.

Some jobs were hell and some were amazing, but I was always happiest cooking for the family (kids are grown and gone, so now it's mostly the two of us).

I like the diversity of what I can prep at home, sometimes (when we're flat out at the restaurant) seeing what i can week out that's good with no ingredients.

Basically it's the different challenges at home vs. the daily grind that make the difference for me. Some days I like the consistency that work brings, and sometimes it's just something to check off a list so I can get home and do 'some real food'.

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

So your job is cooking?

Basically it’s the different challenges at home vs. the daily grind that make the difference for me.

That makes a lot of sense. A lot of the 'stress' of my job comes from people - asking permission, considering stakeholders, working around their needs - that it's quite freeing to "JFDI" something, knowing that it's only me that cares or is affected.

The venn diagram between "work" and "play" for me has a lot of intersecting area, but the distinctions are mostly clear. Guessing it's the same for you - especially with the extra depth that cooking for family involves.

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