“Before I had this place, all I ever used to think about was quitting my office job, but now that job is what gives me the means to enjoy running this bookshop. If the bookshop was all I did, however, then I’d have to spend a lot more time thinking about sales strategies and so on. Which would be far more demanding. And I don’t really want that.”
Wait that’s actually such a good point. It never has to be one or the other. You can use the stable income to supplement your monitized hobbies and therefore enjoy it more since you’re not stressed about sole income from that.