I have gotten this idea from my brother so I would like to give him some credit
Why are people so focused on money? It makes sense to me to some degree but at some point it gets annoying.
My dad is awesome and I love him but he is so focused on money that it annoys me. He wants to turn everything into a business and this that, that is what we want too. All that he thinks about when thinking about a business he wants to make is the money. He doesn't think about the passion that he has for this business which seems like that is a pretty crucial thing you would need so that you don't give up.
My dad kinda tries to push this thought process onto me. Anytime I start to make something that I like my dad says,"You could make money from selling those!" or he'll say,"You are so good at (insert something I'm good at) you should make this and sell them." I'm fine with his ideas because I won't lie, I like getting money, but when it is something that I do for fun and he wants me to continue to make these things it gets tiring.
I have a few examples of this happening but the one that I hated the most was when I made stuffed animals. It started off because my mom had got diagnosed with cancer and was in a lot of pain. Stuffed animals have always kinda brought me confort, so I thought my mom would want one. I had already known how to sew due to a part in art where we made stuffed animals, so I made a pattern and made my mom a bear that had a pink cancer ribbon because that was the type of cancer my mom had. Sewing became one of my hobbies because I enjoyed it a lot. Later on I remade the stuffed animal because it was poorly made and I had gotten better at sewing.
I found out someone else had cancer so I also made them a bear. That's when the whole business thing started. My dad had people at work whose family members had cancer. I wasn't expecting to be paid since this was something I did out of the kindness in my heart. I wanted people to have a sense of comfort and safety when going through such a challenging time,but it seemed like my dad only saw it as a way for me to make money because he had come back with $20. I gladly exepted because I was spending hours on these things due to the fact I was hand sewing them. After that though more and more orders came in and it seemed less like a hobby and more like a part time job because I was spending like every other weekend sewing.
My dad really shows how much he cares about money whenever I talk about what I want to do. I want to be a therapist or a hairdresser but my dad wants me to go into an engineering field because they need more girls and they make a lot of money. I have never really showed intrest in engineering besides this but I don't really think this is engineering.