i made my hobby my job early on and after few years honestly it wasnt enjoyable anymore. prompting makes it easy and laidback. its easy money and thats alright.

think about all the othet shit jobs you could have. i worked really dreadful stuff in factories before i made that hobby my job and i often reflect back on that time to realise it is not so bad even if i now just type a few lines and press 1 and 2.

no more 90 degrees ambient temperature nexto a steel oven

no more freezin -21 in some meat freezer 'de icing'

no more 5 years rotted catfood to clean up while colleague is vomiting nexto me in a bin...

things can be much worse dude.

its a state of mind. hone it

I enjoyed building with AI https://github.com/web3cryptowallet/drive-py

And I've spent 14 years handcrafting https://www.acpul.org/

Both are fun projects!

I am professional translator and I liked my work because I have no boss and free schedule but I hate it now because I'm losing it. In two weeks I'll submit my last project and there it is. Ten years at the computer, payment in 45 days from EOM, no guarantee of work, all soon to be gone. And I am also too burned out to bother finding something new. It was shit since covid when hollywood filmmakers strike came. If I could be my own boss anywhere else and make 2-3x my country median, Id quit. Going through the motions. Deep inside I am probably devastated but for now on I just accept it as bittersweet and "it is as it is"