While there’s a lot to be said about the cult of productivity, that isn’t why turning your hobby into a hustle is seen as aspirational. The actual benefit of turning your hobby into a hustle is that you can write off all the stupid shit you buy in service to said hobby as a business expense; most of the guides on how to do it just don’t tell you that part because admitting that you’re using your hobby as a tax shelter is regarded as gauche.

















