On the flipside, a lot of things may excite your passions in the abstract but make for really shitty business experiences. For example, I care about music more

On the flipside, a lot of things may excite your passions in the abstract but make for really shitty business experiences. For example, I care about music more than just about anything else, but spending the last year trying to write & sell music software has not only eaten up all my music making time but also worn me out on the whole music business. In hindsight I would have been better off working halftime on boring but well-paid consulting gigs writing business software and spending the rest of the time travelling, relaxing and doing what I really enjoy.