My mom used to tell me to my face quite often that if I wasn't making money off of my hobbies, then my hobbies are not worth doing. It caused a fundamental shift in my mentality that tainted a lot of the joy I got from just doing hobbies...
@meimeimeixie.purplepanda.gayi too was raised in the hustle cult. my parents took every interest I showed and tried to teach me how I could market it, capitalize it, and "earn a living with it". "be a published author" because I liked writing. "be a journalist" because I liked reading. "be a game developer" because I love games