I left web development job to become a musician several years ago, and while learning music was a great experience, it doesn't pay nearly enough to make a living. I'm constantly broke and barely scraping by, currently i have $20 to last until weekend when my student will (hopefully) pay me ~$10 for a lesson.

I regret leaving IT because i was making good money just coding python and html/css/javascript. And being broke is really, really stressful, especially now that I'm in my thirties. I'm probably going back to programming, but things have changed a lot since 2009 so I'll have to spend some time learning new things like react, es6, new deployment techniques etc.