My Relationship With Money - Part 1

Our society has set interesting rules on who gets paid what.

There is a relationship between

skill - talent - difficulty - knowledge - function - and value.

Skill alone does not make money

- there are many skilled bus drivers.

Talent alone does not make money

- there are many talented artists that are starving.

Difficulty alone does not make money

- working in a coal mine would be difficult.

Knowledge alone does not make money

- librarians are very knowledgeable.

Function alone does not make money

- there are many out of work bankers right now.

I spent many years as a starving artist, and while I was visiting that place I discovered that, right or wrong, society placed more value on certain jobs than others. Playing piano in a hotel lobby, no matter how skilled or talented I became, would not pay me as well as becoming, say, a software programmer or a film composer.

So then the question became "How much do I want money?" And "How much money do I want?"

And the question behind the question became

"How important is that to me?"

What am I willing to give to achieve the goal of making money?

And which jobs that fit my

skill - talent - degree of difficulty - knowledge; - perform a function that society feels creates monetary value?

I love making money

I love what I do

What I do creates value

What I do makes money.