I think it is a safe bet that most of us on this website are musicians to some extent. Composers, performers, producers, sound designers etc. Many people want to do music for a living, but I think many of them don't really think it over completely. As I discovered, composing music full-time would be very boring. Plus, there are no benefits and the pay is highly variable; that is, if there is any pay at all.
Which is why most of us must do something else to be able to afford to eat. Right now I do all the inventory stuff for an RV company, but in May I go to write my high-school equivalence test as I had to leave school around age 17. After that I plan to work security for a bit and then take on the Police application process. I have already begun preparing for the physical part of the application process. It's not gonna be easy.
So what do YOU do to support your music hobby? Any other career path/goals you are pursuing aside from music? Do you like your day job or hate the hell out of it? Would you WANT to do music full-time?
Those few of you that have managed to make music and audio-related things into a full-time job, what do you love about it and what do you hate about it?