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Originally Posted by Whynotnow
I think this really, really depends on the person and the type of work. Most musicians I have met love music, and their passion drives that success. I think a lot of artisans fall into that category. A lot of people who work in mechanics or other things like that absolutely love that stuff, and it’s how they are making their living.
But if you hate what you are doing, start to look for a change if you can. Life is too short, you spend too much time working to hate it. I’ve seen too many people with 10-20 years left saying they can’t wait to retire so they don’t have to do their job anymore. That’s wishing away a big chunk of your life and is sad.
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I know a lot of musicians and people who gave it a go as musicians before finding something else. They all had to do things they hated as part of their job. That might have meant playing crappy venues, writing songs that were more pop orientated, working with people they didn't like, travelling in crappy conditions to shows, etc...I'd argue that, even if your goal isn't to become a charting musician, just getting to any point where you are making a living as a musician requires an incredible amount of work. If you're just going to straight up not do anything you don't like, you won't get very far.
Or look at musicians who actually make it big...they have huge incidences of depression, suicide, drug abuse, etc....Not a generally happy group of people.
When something becomes your job, and you have to do it to pay bills, then there will always be some aspect or times when you hate what you are doing. In fact, it'll be more than a single aspect you hate, it'll be days on end where you straight up hate your job.
I think you're point may have been that you can have a career in a field you love, which is true. But, even if you do have the talent and get lucky enough to do that, don't expect to love that field all the time, especially at the beginning.