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Originally Posted by seeker5  Well Jim, having a relationship does have to subtract at least something. I mean, you only have 24 hours in a day, so if you are in a relationship as opposed to not being in a relationship, that means that some of the time you spent doing something beforehand is something you won't be able to do now. Maybe it was a friend, maybe it's playing computer games, or something. So maybe the overall effect is to add, but on some level it has to subtract something in order to make room for it. |
I'm not concerned about time spent.
If being in a relationship means I'll now have only 1 hour a week to play video games instead of 2, I don't see that as subtracting from my life. Now, if my girlfriend were to say that I couldn't play video games anymore, because she doesn't like 'em...
that would be subtracting something from my life.
(Of course, my girlfriend would never say that)
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My question though, do you see a relationship as possibly adding to your ability to contribute your music to the world, or maybe as a possible distraction from your ability to put your music to the world?
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I think my ability to contribute music will only grow, not diminish, when I enter into a relationship. On the practical level, the cost of housing could be split in two, which means I would have to work less (right now, work is both the biggest bottleneck and enabler of my music). Also, as the relationship enriches my life it will also enrich the feeding ground for my music.
Finally, I fully expect my partner to further strengthen my resolve for making a living with my music. I cannot see it any other way. She cannot believe in me and at the same time not believe in my music. That just wouldn't make any sense, because the music is such a big part of me.