This post is for the Hive account@anomadsoul contest I encourage you all to participate in this contest, this is fun! I'm actually going to read some of the contest posts for fun as well.

I won't add any pictures of my own. because I don't see any way to put my hobby related pictures because I don't have any.

My Hobby is...

Doing business. mostly the "Buy low, Sell high" strategy. I just love business stuff related, whether it's offering a service or making a website. but the thing I love the most is buying things at a low price and selling them at a higher price.

I purchase Facebook pages, Instagram and Twitter accounts with followers for cheap, and selling them for a higher price.

I would've explained more here but I feel like just following Hive account@anomadsoul questions so it will be more organized.

Source: Pixabay

Why do you feel passionate about your hobby?

That's a tough question. I honestly don't know, I just love doing it, I'm thinking about it even when I'm on a vacation.

How did you picked this hobby? Or better yet, how did this hobby pick you?

The hobby actually picked me. I can't remember any time in my life where I didn't do business. The hobby picked me since I was around 11. A kid who just started playing the game "MapleStory" which was actually the hottest game in that time.
The main thing the game was for is to level up by killing monsters but there was also a marketplace where you can set up a store and sell things, and also buy.

Source: Nexon

Actually, at 11 I just played like everyone else, but 1 year later, I started learning about the Marketplace and all the items prices ( and there was a lot of items. ) and then I just started buying stuff for cheap and selling for higher. I started with like what, 200-300k mesos ( mesos = Maplestory's money ) and I climbed and climbed until I had 2,147,483,647, which was the maximum amount you can have on your wallet, I don't even know how I remember the exact number, but I do hehe.

So I just put some money on the storage and on other accounts and kept doing the same. until I reached 10B. Maplestory decided to make the wallet's maximum amount 10B, and then I started going big and had around 200B. I can't say the amount of time it took me because I'm honestly not sure, I don't remember.

I ended up selling almost all my Maplestory money for $. it was around 8-10$ per B. sold it when I was 14-15. something like that. I kept playing and kept doing the same, but I didn't have a lot of time to do so.

So, yes, this is how I found the hobby and the hobby found me.

How long have you been doing it...? Are you learning more and more every day?

I'm doing it since I was around 12 years old. I'm 20 now. I'm always learning new stuff, mainly thanks to mistakes. I had so many mistakes. but once I have a certain mistake, I won't do the same mistake again, and that's why I honestly really love doing mistakes, even if it costs me money. Always remember - Don't be afraid to make mistakes!

Here is a quote I like by Peter McWilliams

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all

What is it that you love about this hobby?

I just have a lot of passion for doing business. The feeling of buying something for cheap that you know you can sell with a revenue of more than 100% is amazing. honestly the best feeling in the world. at least for me.

And then selling it... it's just amazing. it's not all about the money I'm making, it's not even my job, I just do it in my free time.

When do you practice it? Is it part of your daily life or do you have to go out of your routine to be able to do it?

I do it every time I can. If I have some free time while I'm at work, I will start reaching out to people trying to buy some things.
and I'm doing it in my free time after work as well.

Is it something you share with someone else or is this hobby YOUR thing and you do it by yourself?

It's a hobby everyone in my family knows I have. They see it more as a job than a hobby though. every time I make a deal, I tell them about it.

What is going on in your mind when you do it?

When I'm reaching out to him/her it's like - Please, Please don't give a crazy price
After I hear the price, If it's too much It's like - This guy/girl is on drugs. ( Because I never receive a normal offer, it's always below the normal price and then I buy, Or it's crazily above the normal price, prices that make no sense )
After I hear the price, If it's a great price for me it's like - I LOVE YOU. I LOVE THIS. I LOVE EVERYTHING

Source: Giphy

Is your hobby a priority?

No. It's quite important in my book, but it won't make me lose time with my family or friends.
It can happen only if someone I reached out to replies to me with a really good price for me, so I do the deal and then go out. Even if it takes me an hour and I'll be late. but normally, no. it happened like twice.

Is your hobby expensive?

It's all relative because I'm spending a few hundred dollars per deal, and I know for a fact that I can sell it at the same price in a minute. and I also know I can sell it with a huge profit within a few days. So I don't see it as an expensive hobby, because I get my money back, and more.

Are you an amateur? An adept? An expert? What makes the differences between them? Does it depend only on skills or do you also need tools or equipment to become better?

I don't really like to praise myself, but I consider my self as an expert ( at least in the niche that I'm buying and selling ).
It doesn't depend only on skills, and btw, I see the persuasion skill as an innate talent.

And you need a lot of experience in the field to become an expert, you need to understand how to determine the price you can get for the pages and how long will it take you. there are different niches that cost more than others. and a lot more things to consider.

Are you lucky enough that, is your hobby part of your job?

Yes, and I thank god for giving me the opportunity to make money from something I love doing.

If you would have to explain your hobby to an alien, how would you do it?

Wow, that's a really tough thing to do. I will probably ask him what he does as an alien, how's the lifestyle and customize the explanation so he can understand it better, and so the alien will like me :)