Congratulations Tony!
I could never work one job long enough to retire from a specific venue, so I went into business myself. In a way, I'll always be in outside sales, making a few dollars here and there and earning residual sales long term.
But a whole new life opened for me when I decided to bring my music out of retirement and play gigs again. Now I'm as busy as a bee with this alone.
This new 'job' is nothing but pure joy, excitement and fullfillment. I know you'll find the same as a "musician".
zuki