Turning Your Hobby Into Your Job and Your Job Into Your Hobby
John Grogan was a hard-working writer.
He rose up through the ranks of journalists, winning lots of awards and recognition. The pay wasn’t bad either–by journalist standards. But it certainly wasn’t enough to fund his real dreams–those aspirations that bubbled under the surface. The ones that his friends and families probably rolled their eyes when he mentioned. The ones that “didn’t pay.”
John wasn’t deterred, though.
John worked hard and wrote a tale about his attention-deficit dog, Marley. The book
As John Grogan says:
“But before there was the phenomenon known as Marley, there was a career move, which took me from South Florida to rural eastern Pennsylvania to become editor of Rodale’s Organic Gardening magazine. What can I say? I had this crazy dream of making my hobby my job and my job my hobby.”
Maybe you won’t write the next Marley. (But maybe you will…) And maybe your dream isn’t editing an organic gardening magazine. But there’s no reason you can’t attain the personal financial freedom necessary to allow you to pursue your dreams.
Do you have any stories of occupational inspiration? Of people who turned their hobby into their job, and their job into their hobby?
We’d like to hear about it.
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is one of my favorite financial books of all time. It's an allegory about a guy who has a terrible job, and how he overcomes challenges to achieve his dreams.
This is a great story, a real inspiration from someone who actually broke through and pursued his dream. Somehow most of us see our dreams as nothing more than dreams, then spend our lives living and working in something like purgutory.
I’ve written on this topic myself, and I think the way to do it for ordinary folks is to start a side business pursuing your dream. You may not be able to quit your job for your dream right away, but you can dip your toe in, learn your way around, experience some success, then take the leap of faith when the moments right–all with very little risk!
A dream usually requires that we think outside the box. I somehow think that if we can do that, the details will work themselves out over time, so patience and a long term plan are foundational.
Thanks Kevin.
Yes, I believe that was my lesson from the story, too. It’s kinda my path currently, so that’s why the story appealed to me.