If you feel like you’re experiencing a “dip” right now, go read Seth’s book. Sure, when I toured for a month and half straight last fall, that was hard, but I also knew it was an important career move. Sure, January was tough, but I knew that February would be much busier. So far, there has been no real doubt in my mind that every hard time I’ve experienced has been a “dip”. There’s a great book called The Dip by Seth Godin, and it’s all about when to quit, and when to push through the inevitable hard days/months/years. What’s important to realize is that in every profession you will experience a “dip”. I think it’s completely natural for my mind to drift off to fanciful daydreams about going back to school, getting a degree, and landing some sort of cool job that pays me every two weeks. Constantly weighing another tour or another show versus an actual date with my girlfriend is exhausting. That is stressful.Īlso, touring this much is very hard on my relationship, which is important to me. Obviously, that doesn’t even cover rent and utilities for a month. Last January, my total income was about $600. Which is great.īut, and this is a big “but”, I have already daydreamed about quitting. I tour upwards of 100 to 150 days out of the year, I easily work 10 to 14 hour days, every day except Sunday (and sometimes Sunday too), and I’m still full of gumption and excited about it. I’ve been working as a full-time musician for three to four years. I’m not very old, and I have been in the industry for a small amount of time, all things considered.
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