The higher you go up the chain, the less you have to work, really. And the MORE time you have to pursue your dreams.
If I had a job making like 30k, I'd probably be working so hard at the damn job, that I wouldn't be able to do anything but sleep. I wouldn't have time to chase my dreams.
Not only that, chasing my dreams costs MONEY, and I wouldn't have any money to do that...cuz I'd be spending all of my money on EATING and having a place to SLEEP.
Moving up the chain actually gives you more flexibility to chase your dream.
That's why I finished college and got a good job BEFORE I started the whole dream chasing thing.
It's working out great for me so far. I can chase my dream, AND live how I want to live.
I def noticed that you make more money doing less physical work, it turns into mental work, either knowing how to manipulate the physical work of others to your advantage (no negative connotation implied) or just putting your brain to work in general
I'm just not really patient enough to stick with a job that I hate long enough to get to that point
last year I had a pretty decent accounting job where I was, as you said, working too long & hard to really be able to music, & then spending the money pretty much on my expenses
most of the time I wish I finished college, except when I look at my friend who did finish & up until now, was working the same bullshit jobs you can get at 16, working 2 at a time, or working long shifts, riding a bus back & forth between 2 cities, living with his girl where he works & paying for an apartment he's rarely in, basically with his life on hold ... but recently he got a corporate job at a grocery store, so that's a step I guess ... I wouldn't have been able to go through that rough period, I'd honestly rather be unemployed & be in hustle mode, which is probably a lot more stress to be honest ...
as of now, the balance for me has been doing sound for churches pretty steady, and then doing the music, getting paid for beats whenever I can & making business moves, plus whatever odd jobs come around, whether its chopping down trees, moving, hauling, ... which is also a pain in the ass, but at the end of the 2 or 3 day jobs, the payout is better for the time put in than most jobs I'm able to get at this point, its just not steady
if I could find me a music "day job", where maybe I'm doing office work for a label or something, I could stick with that closer to the big payoff ... although I tend to spazz out on people when I'm getting the short end of the stick when it comes to money, & when it happens as it relates to music that kinda boils my blood even more
but when I mess around and have a kid, that'll all change real quick, I'm tryna make whatever chess moves I can before that happens so I'll be in better position when it does
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As far as not having time to chase the dream, I was in the military. While deployed in Afghanistan, after working 12, 16, 20 hours on shifts, guard duty, my actual job (intel), etc, I still would go back to my room and work on my craft for HOURS.
you'z a bad man then ... I used to be able to do it like that when I was in college, and maybe 2 years after, partly because I skipped class whenever I felt like it, but I still worked out, played basketball, hang with friends, attend events, DJd the basketball games, worked in the coffee shop, etc. and then pretty much did music whenever I wasn't doing one of those ... and when I look back it, sometimes having more to do sometimes helps you to do more if that makes any sense, it kinda gives you structure, whereas sometimes you have too much time on your hands it you get even lazier
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