I can understand where she is coming from: if you can't survive doing what you love, what is the point of being a master carpenter if you can't support your fam

I can understand where she is coming from: if you can't survive doing what you love, what is the point of being a master carpenter if you can't support your family with it? Now this contradiction is probably more applicable outside the western developed nations, where making a living income is a much more difficult task than most of us here will think. I think a read of Maslow comes to mind. You can only start thinking about higher needs in his pyramid when the lower ones are met. I have yet to meet anyone who can cut out food and shelter from that base level.