🍿 “I made more as a barista...”

I just graduated from college with a degree in business and I feel lost and empty about the future. I landed a job at the company I was interning at, but the pay is awful. I made more per hour at my weekend barista job. I really don’t like the work since it’s just monotonous computer tasks all day. I’ve been a musician for most of my life and have played in bands for a few years. I’ve also done some film composition/scoring stuff. I want to make music my life, but it feels like a hopeless goal and I don’t know what to do.

I’m young and don’t need to make a lot, just enough to pay the bills. I want something that gives me enough freedom to keep making music, and might one day let me turn it into a full-time thing. I’m interested in photography, graphic design, woodworking, cooking, and architecture, but they all feel like hobbies. I don’t know how to find a job I won’t hate.

Everything I read about the job market is about AI taking away entry-level roles and outsourcing causing unemployment. It’s scary and depressing, and I’m just looking for advice on what direction to go in.