This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “hobbies,” comes to us from June. Check out her blog here!

As I contemplated what to write today, I realized that long before I made my hobby of writing a business, I earned money on two other hobbies.

The first was riding horses.

I got a job taking out hour-long trail rides. Made $20 a day, but it was one of the best jobs I ever had. I did it weekends, year-round for years.

And I had a job in a wool shop where I spent all my days knitting and selling what I knitted. I got really good at tucking a ball of wool under my arm and walking around, helping customers find what they needed with my needles still going a mile a minute.

I’m lucky in that none of the hobbies I’ve earned money from have made the hobby feel like work.

Have you ever turned a hobby into a job?

This nostalgic post is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link. It’s fun!

Thanks again to June for the prompt!