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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;debordj, post: 3976109, member: 23344&quot;]Great thread and very interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>A point I have noticed with the young folks of today and it really relates to the comment in the first few pages about &quot;how kids aren&#039;t taking up woodworking as a hobby&#039;.&nbsp; What I have noticed lately, where we (Gen X&#039;ers and older) may have pursued a profession that maybe we weren&#039;t all that passionate about and looked to hobbies to fill that passion gap, the youth of today are looking for ways to monetize their passions.&nbsp; So where someone with a woodworking passion may have worked at Chrysler and then had a shop at home, the woodworking youth of today are becoming business owners/artists/makers.&nbsp; Look around and you will see MANY young people doing woodworking, but they have turned it into a business making tables or custom furniture.&nbsp; This is one thing I admire about the youth of today - they mostly don&#039;t care about accumulating things (bad for coins maybe) but about finding happiness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing at play that has continued to amaze me over the past two years (since military retirement) is how EVERYONE under 40 (with a work ethic) has a &quot;side hustle&quot;.&nbsp; Consulting, making furniture, baking, making videos, pushing product, etc, you name it they are doing it.&nbsp; They work at a job they may or may not like, but they are hustling to find that better thing on the side.&nbsp; I think this will really impact the future where young folks may collect, but they will also be pocket dealers at the same time and monetize the passion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my take and observations over the past two years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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