One of the greatest sources of fulfillment in life is making money from what you enjoy doing. If you are successful enough you can go on to commercialize your hobby to the point that you dont need your primary job anymore. Turning your hobby into your business does not happen overnight, you need to take some things into consideration.
When you take the considerations into account you are able to see whether the decision you are about to make will be worth it. The hobby needs to be something that will help people, like any other business it needs to solve a problem. If you are starting business in painting you could help people by teaching them how to paint too. Some hobbies are very unique such that when you turn them into business they will start filling a need that people never thought of. With the idea in mind you must be exited to hit the ground running and provide the services or goods from what you love doing.
Start small like you are doing a trial so that you can ga8uage the interest of the potential customers to the products that you will be offering. You need to be sure whether the money you get from the business will be enough to pay yourself and cover the bills that come with the business such as salaries, rent, and the utilities as well. If you can maintain your day job and still maintain to work on setting up your business you will have a monthly income and that way you are comfortable as you see whether things will take off well or not. The business world thrives on connections, if you are able to make the right connections you will have a good chance of making the impact that you were hoping for starting the business.
Building connections will see you speak to as many people as possible starting from friends, family, and even strangers. Speak about your business idea to your family and friends as that builds your confidence to speak about the idea to other people that you dont know personally. The colleagues you have been working with in your day job will also have some input that you can use, if you know the skill set they possess that you can it will help the business. Sit down and develop a viable business plan if the hobby in mind will be something that you can present to potential investors and seek funding. Have a backup plan on what you might do if in the future you are not in the hobby turned business.