I'm in the exact same situations (though maybe 18 months in). I play a lot of music to make up for it. The gigs don't pay as well as that other 10 hours a wee

I'm in the exact same situations (though maybe 18 months in). I play a lot of music to make up for it. The gigs don't pay as well as that other 10 hours a week would have paid, but breaking up my work into two separate fields is valuable to me.