I'll give the last 40 years or so..... some of this overlapped but I'm not drawing a timeline for you.

Full time musician: ( Road Band for several years in several bands ) Also known as "The lean years"

Part time musician: ( House band for 2.5 yrs )

Electrician: Electrical construction company, Plant Electrician

Shift Supervisor: I was promoted from plant electrician to supervisor over 40 people

Fired from the plant. They didn't know they did a BIG favor to me.

Started my own Electrical and electronic security business. Ran it over 30 years

Retired: Work part time with the business and work around the farm.

Hobbies: ( in no particular order) Training cadaver dogs, Writing and recording Music, loving the woods life and the life on the farm

You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.