People who reach their late 20s and realise the dream job they had since childhood isn't going to pay that much money for them, so they retrain as a corporate lawyer

guys being a musician/writer/artist etc has as much meaning (or whatever the fuck you want to call it) as being a lawyer ie none. youre not special for "following your dreams". in fact youre probably a huge pain in the ass to most people around you.

wtf does that even mean

plenty of people, artists and non-artists alike, are huge pains in the ass to the people around them.

i think about this like 40 hours a week

im only 20 so im gonna bookmark this now so i can remember to bump it in 4 years

sunny successor otm

i dont think its a matter of "feeling special" at all-- idk why sunny brought that up

Sunny Successor a bit harsh, I think, but still kind of otm. You have every right to give a fantasy career a try, and you have to believe in what you're doing if you're going to go that route. But to be self-righteous about it is ridiculous and extremely obnoxious, because what you're doing is as selfish, if not moreso, than any other career. You're not making some great contribution to society (unless your art is awfully fucking good), and there's already a glut of people doing what you're doing in most cases.