{"id":3734,"date":"2023-07-26T13:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2023-07-27T07:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:40:04","slug":"hobby-to-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/hobby-to-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobby To Profession"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"3735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/hobby-to-profession\/design-art-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;design-art&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"design-art\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MYTH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If I turn my hobby into a career, I&#8217;ll hate it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TRUTH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I can decide what I love.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MYTH: &#8220;If I turn my hobby into a career, I&#8217;ll hate it.&#8221; TRUTH: &#8220;I can decide what I love.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-art-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-Ye","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2754,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-two-parts-of-productivity\/","url_meta":{"origin":3734,"position":0},"title":"The Two Parts of Productivity","author":"scot","date":"August 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I got really into productivity. 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