I've had this thought at times. I work a normal 9-5 in tech support, but ever since I was like 16 or so I thought of music as transceding from a hobby to an actual "I want to do this as a career", and it seems like in the past idk year or two I've really gotten serious to the point I pretty much have no other hobbies, where in the past I'd still play the occasional video game or watch series in my spare time etc.

Now even though I do love it, and don't really feel like it's even a chore to practice or work on writing a song, sometimes I wonder if it's what I'd do if I had true financial freedom. Like who knows if we lived in a socialist utopia where we could work like 15 hours a week etc I would be fine just going to work and then doing whatever, and just doing music purely as a hobby or enjoyment, but the idea of not having a choice, you either gotta work a 9-5 or somehow make your passions become a career makes it feel like maybe I've kind of "tricked" myself into viewing a passion as needing to have a career or money path in it. Anyone else feel similar?