SSC

Yes, I understand YOUR particular position and indeed in your case it makes absolute sense.

But, using me as an example, I only got into music after having studied other junk (unix/linux system administration, blah blah blah, IT junk) and I had a job and did freelance work in that field. After I got into music, I still did that (and then I left the continent lol.)

Plus, I do a TON of other things besides writing music, of which I have worked in more than one occasion for cash. I like music, I think music is great, but music is only a fraction of all the stuff that I do and am at the end.

So, everyone's experience is different and I can understand your position precisely because I had an entirely different life experience. In your case, it was the wisest thing to do, in my case it's an option as I can work in a lot of other junk with a reasonable degree of proficiency (I've even written articles for newspapers, magazines, done translations, designed websites...)

I don't believe in dedicating my life to any one single thing, but to every single thing. So, with that in mind, I hope is clear why I have the attitude towards music and such that I do, and it's clear why in your case it wouldn't make any sense.

PS: Added of course to the fact that I don't have kids, and in fact I have no idea what I'll be doing in a year or even where I'll be in two or three years. Right now a lot of stuff could happen in my life which would change it in a lot of ways, and it's always been that way so I've learned to be versatile. So...!