I have performed for more than forty years. ( As a hobby )
Many years ago, I asked myself why an I doing this? When we perform live, every performance is different, and also every audience. Sometimes the crowd is with you, and other times you are working like h.... and nothing seems to work. You are draging your gear to the place, and draging it home again in the morning for "a few" bucks. The only thing that is for sure is that on 90% of the times something goes wrong.
One mic stop to work, the "sound man gets drunk" a.s.o. One time not so long ago, I could not take a brake. I had to stand in front of the gear with a cofee cup in my hand when I took a break. to catch the drunk people who wanted to try my guitar or was falling into the gear. So I have stopped to ase myself why I am doing this.
There must be someting that I like about it. The only differents is that I like to play as early as possible. I am tired of people filling beer into my amplifier.