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Get Paid to Play: How to Turn Your Hobby into Your Job by Valerie Young Send Feedback to Valerie Young Career change resource for entrepreneurMore Details about Career change resource for entrepreneur here.
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When you discover your True Calling, you may find your life taking you in unexpected directions.
You see, anyone can get a 9-to-5 (or maybe for you it’s more like 8-to-late) J-O-B. A job is something that pays the bills but all too often fails to feed the spirit. And when your spirit is starved for meaningful satisfying work, your happiness suffers. But that’s not all.
Do you believe you were put on this earth to sit in commuter traffic, to suffer through the performance evaluations and reorganizations, to have to answer to a boss that is well… you know….
Were you really created to spend your life having the Sunday night blues?
Or Do You Believe, As I Do, That You Were Put Here to Follow a Calling That Is Uniquely Yours? If the idea of loving what you do appeals to you, the way I see it… here are your options: You can keep plodding along week after week hoping that inspiration will somehow, someway suddenly strike and – in a flash – your true calling will be revealed.
Hobbyists are passionate about their avocation. According to Webster's Dictionary, an avocation is, "A subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation, especially for enjoyment." But what if you want to turn your avocation into an enjoyable full-time vocation? Here's how: Get Creative About Making Money Successful artist Ann Kullberg always loved to draw. But when this single mother of two discovered professional-grade colored pencils it wasn't long before her art was winning awards. Ann knew that drawing alone wouldn't pay the bills -- at least not right away. So in the early years, she supplemented her art by substitute teaching and cleaning houses. Ann also got busy coming up with creative ways to spin her love for drawing into income. Thirteen years later Ann travels the country teaching classes, does commissioned portraits, has a contract to write a second book, and is designing colored pencil by number kits for beginners. Ann also came up with the idea of having her own on-line magazine where professionals and novices alike sign up for book reviews, critiques of artist's work, business and art advice, workshop listings and more. In the first four months over 200 paying subscribers signed up. Do Your Homework Get a notebook and label it "Shopping for a Living," "Knitting," "Fly Fishing," or whatever your particular hobby might be. Then start filling it with the research you're going to do on all the ways people are getting paid to shop, knit, or fly fish. Associations are a great source of information. For example, if you're into crafts you'll find a wealth of information at the National Craft Association's website including a list of craft and trade shows, a small business center, and a directory of wholesale reps. Love writing and history? Check out the Association of Personal Historians. Book stores are filled with how-to and business-related books for just about every hobby you can think of. My personal off-the-beaten track favorite is a little book titled Knitting With Dog Hair: Better a Sweater From a Dog You Know and Love Than a Sheep You'll Never Meet. (Don't laugh. I read about one knitter who has a six month waiting list for her $300 sweaters.) Along these same lines, there are niche magazines for just about everything. Check out the magazine section of any large bookstore and you're bound to find publications like Cats & Kittens, Canoe & Kyack, and Gold Prospecting. Be sure to peruse the ads for clues as to how other people are making money from this interest area. Get Busy After you've filled your notebook with lots of neat ways to turn your hobby into your job it's time for action. Break your larger goal down into a series of small, manageable steps. Block out time at night and on the weekends to start working your plan. Before you know it, your work will feel like play!
Valerie Young abandoned her corporate cubicle to become the Dreamer in Residence at Changing Course, a career change website for people who want be their own boss and work at what they love. Her career tips have been cited in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Woman's Day, MSN, CareerBuilder, and iVillage. Go to http://ChangingCourse.com/ebook.htm for a free report on how you can make a career change that gives you the freedom to do work you love.
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