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ETA: Okay, I've recently found out that this quote is not Vonnegut, although he did write something similar to this in a letter to schoolchildren. That letter was posted to three--ring's blog with her commentary posted below. Her commentary was copy-pasted to Facebook as being written by Vonnegut, and it's been passed around that way ever since. Proof here.

I'm fixing this post with proper attribution. I did do a quick web search before posting this, but apparently it was too quick. Bleagh.

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 37 points 5 days ago

OR you only do things if you can make money at them.

I got a degree in Music History, and had been in the music business for many years, but I could never enjoy playing music myself, because I wasn't able to play at a high enough level.

During Covid, I was so bored that I picked up the guitar again, and I was finally able to start enjoying it, because I had no expectations of making money at it. It was purely a time killer, that eventually became a joy. It also gave me a distraction from eating, and I've lost over 100 pounds.

Music had become a career path to me, and I had to learn to just love it again.

[-] Janx@piefed.social 15 points 5 days ago

You lost over 100 lbs!? As long as you're not unhealthily underweight, that's absolutely incredible!

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

Thanks, still got about 30-50 to go. It's getting tougher.

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