Other than my Dad giving me the strong advice from personal experience that "Making a living as a musician is not a pleasant or steady lifestyle choice" the one

Other than my Dad giving me the strong advice from personal experience that "Making a living as a musician is not a pleasant or steady lifestyle choice" the one thing I've been glad to have heard long ago was "You'll probably never have the same standard of living as we've had in this home." Little did he know that a few years after that, and once I was on my own two feet, his employer of 30+ years would dump his pension on the US taxpayers and gut his benefits. Even he wasn't able to achieve the retirement peace of mind he worked for all those years. In hindisight, his statement plus what I witnessed happen doesn't make me feel like I'm missing out an 'entitlement' but rather a general suspiciousness the working world is rigged.