Is doing what you love more important than money.

What is that?

Why do you "love" "doing hair"? Is it really rational?

>>17537767

Finish what you start. You can start hairstyling when your debts are paid off, and you won't have to feel that pay decrease if you budget accordingly and focus on paying off your debt while working as a restaurant manager.

>[I] wouldn't have much to fall back on if I can't make it as a stylist

Considering you just took on a great deal of debt, it doesn't sound like a wise decision.

Look you fuck money first then fund hobbys

How about you try hairdressing for a few months and then look into starting your own business. Much more profitable that way. Much more work as well though.

I've dated several cosmetologists. The one thing they all have in common is that none of them actually style hair for a living.

I work in restaurants. You sure as fuck don't want to do that, either.

Doing what you love IS more important than money. However, you sound pretty young, so here's my advice. Continue the restaurant thing. It sucks and is super stressful, but if you can stand to do it for a while you can make serious money.

Now, you save all that money and put yourself in a good position to do something you actually love, like styling hair. Make a plan for the next 5 years, and work towards making "hair stylist" not such a drastic move.

Because while doing something you're passionate about is more important than money, you can't do anything you're passionate about without it.

>>17537767
only after you have enough money

>Continue to do restaurant management
>Keep hairstyling in mind
>Use experience of managing restaurants to develop and manage your own business.

Ultimately, go so far in any trade and you end up in business rather than the trade itself. The experience you'll gain from restaurant management, while it might be stressful, would be super helpful in many other areas. Also, just because you're doing restaurant management now, doesn't mean you're going to be doing it until the grave, many people (very easily) change career and use their prior skills to their advantage.

>>17538652
I second this. My friend is a wonderful stylist that now owns their own salon. The most stressful component besides dealing with clients is the business aspect of it.

>>17537767
Oh fuck running a restaurant is a 24/7-365 business and if you don't love it get out before you spiral more into debt.

OP, I was always told to do what I love, but what I do doesn't pay shit. It was a mistake because I live in constant stress. I should have done something that would bring money and then keep what I like as a hobbie. Please don't make the same mistake I did, you'll do better with money than without it.

>>17537767
I love banging high class escorts, money enables me to do what I love.

I love it so much, I built a great career in order to make money to do it.

>>17537767
i'm a hairdresser and it completely changed my life

do what u love

this industry isnt a job its a lifestyle

not sure where ur getting the low pay idea from
its a commission based salary (once u work ur way up the food chain) so if ur proactive, have the look and the flair for it while getting urself out there those clients ur bringing in are going to be paying ur wages

its on u f@m

>>17537767
I think this also depends on you. a lot of passion professions can actually suck the enjoyment out of it, or the stress of long hours/instability/low pay can be too much. on the other hand it's worth it for some people, and even if a profession is less stable than most it doesn't mean it's not possible to do well in it.

in your situation, though, because you have student loans, I would focus on the money side first if jumping straight into hairstyling is risky right now (I know nothing about it). work on a long term plan instead.

>>17537792
Best advice honestly.

>>17537767
If you do what you love, the money will follow. I dated a viet girl and she had a lot of relatives into hair and nail shit and they were able to own there own salon pretty quick.

Jesus fucking Christ you people with this "get money fuck everything else" or "do it as a hobby" faggots are the worst. Jobs that "make money" take a lot of time. You lose spirit and hope for anything. Shit like restaurant work requires odd, shitty hours, that are restrictive to everything else.

Follow your heart, OP. Paying off debt in the long term won't be anywhere near as shitty when you're doing something that makes you feel fulfilled.

>>17537767
No.
Money is literally everything.

Even fat guys can get laid with money, it's fucking magic.

>>17541083

getting laid isnt everything. even the poorest guys can get laid.

>>17541113
I meant it in the sense that even fat people, who are the most unfuckable and disgusting kind of people, can get laid with money.

In that sense, money can do everything.

>>17541117
i'm sure when you stop being 16 you'll stop putting pussy on a pedestal until then refrain from contributing to an advice imageboard

>>17541175
I really fucking wish I was 16.
I wish it so much.

Unfortunately, I'm not.

Anyway, I was just making an example out of some personal experience.