• infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Man I got lucky with 3d printing and self hosting. As long as I am not trying to buy new hardware and upgrade every month the cost of filament and time is small enough to not impact my family.

    That and home construction projects, strangely enough no one bats and eye at a $250 chainsaw, but I go and spend $80 on a used GPU and people flip the fuck out about being irresponsible.

    Tools are cool AF and if you use them on a project or two its easy to justify to other people. Yes i need a table saw, yes I need a mitre saw, yes I need a router, clearly I need this full set of battery tools…

  • vixian@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    painfully accurate. the pile of candle making supplies taunts me every time I walk past it. I’ll get to it one day, I swear…

  • Raf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    The trick is to do the hobbies for their own sake instead of using them as a means to an end.

    • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      This, and also a good organization system (this is very subjective… What works for me probably wouldn’t work for 99% of people) to make it easy to come back to a project when you eventually feel like working on it again.

      Edit: honestly disposable income is a huge part of this. I finally have money to buy things purely for organization, I have extra space where I live, and I don’t feel guilty about the money I spend on new hobbies.

  • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    The kicker for me is always when I reach the point of: ‘oh wait, I’m not instantly great at this new thing?! UGGGGHHHHHH… ok I give up’

  • zxo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Too real. I wish I could stay interested in hobbies after I already got all the expensive stuff for them :(