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Why some craftspeople struggle with the business side

I make beautiful things but I hate selling them because talking about money feels like it pollutes the work somehow.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The sacred act of creation resists commodification, leaving makers caught between survival and spiritual integrity.

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