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How to protect creative joy from economic pressure

My partner keeps asking when my hobby will become profitable and I realize I do not know if I want it to or if that would ruin everything I love about it

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pressure to monetize creative work threatens its intrinsic value and personal meaning.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Creative identity — who you are as a creative person?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.