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re: Anyone here make side money with a hobby?
Posted on 2/24/14 at 11:50 am to mizzoukills
Posted on 2/24/14 at 11:50 am to mizzoukills
Killz do you really paint oils? I have also made modest money oil painting.
I find most inspiration when I am on my winter anti-depressants for whatever reason. In sunny weather, I can't paint for shite.
I find most inspiration when I am on my winter anti-depressants for whatever reason. In sunny weather, I can't paint for shite.
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Posted on 2/24/14 at 11:53 am to wmr
wmr
Yes. I'll quickly post some stuff in a moment...
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Killz do you really paint oils? I have also made modest money oil painting. I find most inspiration when I am on my winter anti-depressants for whatever reason. In sunny weather, I can't paint for shite.
Yes. I'll quickly post some stuff in a moment...
Posted on 2/24/14 at 11:56 am to mizzoukills
Cool cool. And I'm truthful about the winter blues. I usually am on Welbutrin from Dec 1 thru Feb 15th. That's when I feel most inclined to paint.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 11:58 am to cas4t
He owns a company that distributes trading cards, board games, sports novelty items and memorabilia. So not really in the tech game.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:07 pm to wmr
I go thru long creativity blocks, sometimes seasonal. That isn't uncommon with creative people.
The thing is that you must have a gameplan to jumpstart your creative machine whenever you run out of power.
When I find myself struggling to be creative, I immediately get in the car, put my music playlist on random, and travel down country road for a morning. Sometimes if I'm particularly infatuated with a particular song, I'll listen to it on repeat for hours on end, soaking in the beauty of the sound and lyrics like warm late April sun.
The journey through the countryside, past unfamiliar farmland and old towns, over old iron bridges, with wonderful music providing a soundtrack to the journey immediately floods my mind with a surge of creative thoughts.
Sometimes, I just think about my dead father who passed away nearly 5 years ago. I transport myself to my childhood when we spent Saturdays walking in cornfields to look for arrowheads. I think to the time he sat me on his lap and first attempted to teach me how to drive a car.
The answer to a creativity block is all around you as well as within you. You must simply figure out how to tap into that energy.
I truly believe the answer to everything is in your childhood. Our childhood, either good or bad, holds the key to a treasure box worth a fortune. Honestly, each individual can accomplish the American Dream if they could tap into their childhood and bottle inspiration from that time. It's the most inspiring time in our lives whether we understand that or not.
The thing is that you must have a gameplan to jumpstart your creative machine whenever you run out of power.
When I find myself struggling to be creative, I immediately get in the car, put my music playlist on random, and travel down country road for a morning. Sometimes if I'm particularly infatuated with a particular song, I'll listen to it on repeat for hours on end, soaking in the beauty of the sound and lyrics like warm late April sun.
The journey through the countryside, past unfamiliar farmland and old towns, over old iron bridges, with wonderful music providing a soundtrack to the journey immediately floods my mind with a surge of creative thoughts.
Sometimes, I just think about my dead father who passed away nearly 5 years ago. I transport myself to my childhood when we spent Saturdays walking in cornfields to look for arrowheads. I think to the time he sat me on his lap and first attempted to teach me how to drive a car.
The answer to a creativity block is all around you as well as within you. You must simply figure out how to tap into that energy.
I truly believe the answer to everything is in your childhood. Our childhood, either good or bad, holds the key to a treasure box worth a fortune. Honestly, each individual can accomplish the American Dream if they could tap into their childhood and bottle inspiration from that time. It's the most inspiring time in our lives whether we understand that or not.
This post was edited on 2/24/14 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:10 pm to mizzoukills
My creativity comes slowly, like most every thing else for me visually. Like I think about a piece of furniture for a couple of years before buying it.
Same with art. I have ideas that have been in my head for a year or two before I finally sit down and put them together. It comes somewhat naturally to me, but its also something that I never half-arse. I have to block off time and winter is usually it. Antidepressants make me focus up, too, so that's the combo that usually wins out. I find I am a little OCD, so an anti-depressant usually helps me to "accept" my work rather than obsess about perfection. I always do better work on an anti-depressant. In the past, painters probably drank, etc.
Same with art. I have ideas that have been in my head for a year or two before I finally sit down and put them together. It comes somewhat naturally to me, but its also something that I never half-arse. I have to block off time and winter is usually it. Antidepressants make me focus up, too, so that's the combo that usually wins out. I find I am a little OCD, so an anti-depressant usually helps me to "accept" my work rather than obsess about perfection. I always do better work on an anti-depressant. In the past, painters probably drank, etc.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:18 pm to wmr
I pose nude on webcams for women. Working out is the hobby that enables this.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:20 pm to Legendary0903
Hell, I too work out
And I have a webcam on my laptop
And I have a webcam on my laptop
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:28 pm to wmr
I have ADHD, but I refuse medication for it. Several studies have shown that people who have ADHD can hyper-focus on specific talents, and that hyper-focus is what makes them extraordinarily successful.
Many of the world's million and billionaires have ADHD and believe it is an advantage. Some believe it is a superhuman trait.
My hope is to use my ADHD to reach extraordinary success at some point. However, if that never happens, so be it. The attempts throughtout my life to accomplish something significantly great are the journey, and the journey is what I'll fondly remember when I'm an old man.
Many of the world's million and billionaires have ADHD and believe it is an advantage. Some believe it is a superhuman trait.
My hope is to use my ADHD to reach extraordinary success at some point. However, if that never happens, so be it. The attempts throughtout my life to accomplish something significantly great are the journey, and the journey is what I'll fondly remember when I'm an old man.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:32 pm to mizzoukills
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I have ADHD,
Ya don't say..
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:34 pm to mizzoukills
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I immediately get in the car, put my music playlist on random, and travel down country road for a morning. Sometimes if I'm particularly infatuated with a particular song, I'll listen to it on repeat for hours on end, soaking in the beauty of the sound and lyrics like warm late April sun.
The journey through the countryside, past unfamiliar farmland and old towns, over old iron bridges, with wonderful music providing a soundtrack to the journey immediately floods my mind with a surge of creative thoughts.
One of my favorite things to do, cruising the hills of Augusta Appalachia. I too can get stuck on one song for an entire ride.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:36 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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This post was edited on 2/24/14 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:37 pm to cas4t
I give private lessons and submit an article a month to a website, when it gets used they pay.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:53 pm to cas4t
I actually teach self-defense on the weekends -- at least until I got a big class. 
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:54 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
were you in special forces?
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:58 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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I give private lessons and submit an article a month to a website, when it gets used they pay.
More info please...
Posted on 2/24/14 at 12:59 pm to cas4t
I tutor people, I guess you could call it a hobby since I enjoy it so much and used to tutor my friends for free.
Mostly introductory stuff, high school and college level math, physics, economics, some engineering and finance courses I am familiar with. Will also do upper level math courses if I know enough about them to help.
Mostly introductory stuff, high school and college level math, physics, economics, some engineering and finance courses I am familiar with. Will also do upper level math courses if I know enough about them to help.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 1:04 pm to mizzoukills
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were you in special forces?
Nah, has special in the title but isn't technically special forces.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 1:06 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Nah, has special in the title but isn't technically special forces.
hmmmmmm?
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