I'm 46 in a couple of weeks. I have a wife and a daughter. My wife works and I stay home and take care of the house, puppy, and our 8 year old. We have very nice things and live in the most beautiful spot. But I do not feel fulfilled nor very happy. I'm ready to pursue a dream and with full dedication. There are two directions I could go and I need help deciding where to focus my efforts. I do not want to do both. With my family obligations, I can only do one. The first path is with music. I have a pretty popular SoundCloud account and I'm a pretty good music producer. The software I use to make music isn't that great but I've purchased some nice ones. I create catchy, unique songs but they are not produced very well. I know that if I focused my efforts and improving this part that I could enjoy some success. It will not probably not do much to earn money ever but as long as I'm together with my wife, I won't need any bc she is a successful software engineer. The second path, is programming. I earned a BS in Computer Science in 2016 but haven't done a single thing with it except for some websites and of course other things I did in school. I'm very interested in AI, formal language theory, and LMMs. I have done a cursory review of the latest in this area but I would need to nearly start from scratch. I'm not even sure I remember OOP concepts at this point. This direction would provide some cashflow and security should something happen with my wife or marriage. I'm not certain I would be good at it but I'm very interested and follow the tech at high, general level. I was enrolled in a masters of music tech program but had to drop out to homeschool my kid when pandemic hit. Please help me decide which path to take. Thank you.