This was funny but true as I was talking to a filmmaker who appeared to have a successful film but was upset as it wasn’t the work that he actually wanted to take off per se. Basically, there was one movie he made that seemed very professional but it just didn’t generate any kind of major buzz it seems. So financially it was a failure. There was this other film he made that was more akin to something you would see on a social media post as it looked like he was just literally filming something like an average person. However, for whatever reason that one generated so much attention.
Usually, people would be happy for any success. But the fact that the one that blew up took him a few minutes to make versus the other one that took months made him question his entire profession. That’s always an interesting topic. One thing I told a person before is how you are either coming at this from the perspective of a business owner trying to offer people value or you are coming at it as say an artist that just wants to create what you feel.
If you are specifically asking people for their time and money then it’s only reasonable to expect that you create work that fulfills that need for them. Even if it’s not what you want to do in the big picture. It’s no different than working at a job for many as you are essentially trading your service for money. So with that, if you see something working there’s nothing wrong with viewing it as a solution that you an provide.
You could always separate it too where you divide your time in creating things that generate a livable income and the rest is for fun where if it works out financially too then great. Ideally, you would want them both in one. But even as say a creative you need to have the business mindset I feel on how you can best serve say the customer.