WHEN OUR HOBBIES TURN INTO OUR PROFESSIONS
Pic.: Jhuma Mukherjee “The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.” - Barbara Corcoran L ife without our hobbies would have been very boring for each one of us. And, I think, when our hobbies turn into our professions, life would be a blessed one! The question that comes up here is: If our hobbies become our professions, won’t life, soon, become boring and dull? After all, hobbies are those activities which are not inspired by any need to earn or gain, any compulsion or force... So, won’t our professions, eventually, turn into the same old run-of-the-mill drudgeries? The answer can be both ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. ‘Yes’ because, many of us do turn our hobbies into our professions... and, soon, get lured by the money, fame and power that come along. Then, what remains in our profession are the hardcore, and hard-nosed business and negotiation, shrewd maneuve...