I fell into this trap with one of my main hobbies.
I've always loved Aquariums and plants, and found my favorite niche in aquascaping planted aquariums. It gets expensive. I needed money to support my hobby and life. I sold a few extra plants and realized I could start making the hobby pay for itself. Everytime I sold something I'd add to the fishroom. I made ok money and eventually built an impressive aquarium collection.
I got a bit burnt out, realizing I was spending all my hobby energy on farming and selling, rather than creating aquascapes. My selling channels also mostly dried up, and I don't have the drive anymore to search for other markets.
Now I'm weighed down with a fishroom that I still keep running, but pay little attention to. Not sure what I should do with it.
I still sell occasionally, so if anyone wants any aquatic plants or shrimp, I have plenty...
I naively walked into Lemmy thinking it might be a friendlier respite from the echo chamber that is Reddit. I was wrong. From everything I've seen, it's just a more concentrated pit, where all people want to hear are their opinions repeated, plugging their senses from anything contrary.
I also wanted/hoped this would be a place where people wouldn't get downvoted and cast away just for stating different opinions. Nope. It's the same old emphasized emotional outrage, where you can't even offer a different take without a virtual lynching.
I don't want to see that from the left or right. Civility would be nice for a change...
Edit: I see the downvotes are starting. I guess I can soon expect to be attacked by weak expletive rage because my colors don't match the hive.