Quote: (07-18-2018 06:25 PM)JackinMelbourne Wrote:
Quote: (07-13-2018 07:57 AM)Tex Cruise Wrote:
Years ago, when hobby/ business stopped being enjoyable and started being extra work I didn't need. I probably could have quit my day job and taken it on full time, but it would've ended eventually. I just one day said fuck this and sold off all my stock at auction. Came out in front. Still dabble occasionally (10-12 years later) but not as a serious source of income.
This is kind of the stage I'm at, thinking about selling up since there is considerable money tied up... but I still get enjoyment from it, always have, and it's a nice "reset" and escape from the grind. On the flip side, to push it to a fully pro level, it would involve a lifestyle that isn't sustainable long term without a huge breakthrough/payoff.
Did you have regrets about selling up the first time?
Regrets? Not as such.
As cool as it would've been doing my own thing successfully in my early 20s, it was always going to end eventually, only a short period in consumer culture allowed my hobby/business to boom.
Without being too specific it was a restoration/refurbishment type of deal. The knowledge needed was only available through a select few grey-beardy old blokes (like I am now), experience, and by spending lots of time at the city library digging through and photocopying bits of hard to find technical manuals.
Today with a quick google/youtube search somebody could either fix it themselves if they were so inclined, or buy a cheap chinese replacement, all with a few keystrokes.
It just happened to be a very fortunate time when throw away culture had just started to take hold, but many were still happy to buy quality second hand goods for a fair price. I saw that gap in the market and I filled the fucker.
To me it serves as a very handy reminder that I don't
need to be working for a wage for some cockhead if I've had enough of it, because I can make money all sorts of ways if I want to, and that's a good thing to always keep in mind, for your own sanity if nothing else.