I'd love to do that stuff. That's actually why I'm suffering through the job and have been for a while. I'm an aspiring musician who forewent college to pursue a career in music (despite the pleas from my high school guidance counselor), because it's what I love to do most. The problem is that it's a hell of an undertaking and is quite the financial drain.
You're right on the money about being a writer, though. I've determined that as my backup plan if I can't get where I want to with music by the time I'm 30. My latest music project has been pretty fruitful, though, so we'll see how things develop as I've been having the best fun playing that I've had in a few years. Even though my current job sucks sometimes, it's still the best one I've ever had by far, and most of my rant in the previous post was probably just due to having a bit of a downer week. My hours are gravy, it's just that some people are bitches at times. But I've had worse politics at other jobs before. Plus working at a gym is a time saver since I workout a minimum of five days a week anyway. That used to put a serious cramp in my style working other jobs because of the time crunch, while also fitting in a regular practice/show schedule with my band and also finding time to designate for the Mrs.