[quote author="Flatpicker"]Heck, try a wife, two kids, a mortgage, a full-time job, playing gigs part time plus trying to practice regularly so I don?t lose all my chops, staying active at my church, finishing my un-finished basement, and regular household chores on top of that.
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It's all a matter of priorities. Do the things you need to do.
From here, I've a wife, three kids(all under the age of 5), day job, home remodel, consulting business, a recording studio I built myself, songwriting, and diy.
I've been building equipment for 6 months, and have a tube mic, a dual tube mic pre, a quad jensen pre, a pair of g1176 twins, and a 12 channel passive summing network.
I have more projects in the works than I can shake a stick at =). How have I worked it out so that my wife doesn't strangle me?
I trade diy and music for sleep. Sleep is over rated anyway. I only work on diy or the studio after I've got my kids to sleep, so that's typically 8:30 pm until I hit the...looks at clock... thinks "Damn, I've gotta catch a couple hours sleep before I go to work tomorrow" point.
I wouldn't trade my life for anything? No way. In a lot of ways, I'm the luckiest person on the planet.
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