It pays to consume and live your life
It doesn't pay to produce and live for others

It is not like that all the way, there are times when it pays to produce and live for others as well, but it in the end you will only know yourself. (i didn't know how to finish the 'but in the end..' bit, but i guess i managed it quite fine)

So, let's say you are a singer. And you sing really well and some of your hits became famous. And you are really passionate about your singing and you put your, what they call it, "soul" in it. And then many years pass and once your child (if you ever have one) will say to your grandchild: "yea, your grandpa used to sing once; i think, back in the decade X, yea, had some hit and even got featured once a show Y, i'm still having that certificate from a media outlet about the song that he had, it's somewhere on my shelves, no big deal. if you dont need it go as you wish about it i dont need it either"

Let's say you are a singer. And you sing really well but a chance to get noticed never happened for you and all of your songs were left unnoticed. And you are really passionate about your singing and you put your, what they call it, "soul" in it. And then many year pass and once your child (if you ever have one, you may have none) will say  to your grandchild: "and you know there's a funny fact: your grandpa used to sing for a while when he was younger, yea, some of his songs are still accessible somewhere online, i guess. or maybe not. so yea your grandpa once was making songs in his younger years, heh, that's the funny fact"

Wow I used to hope back in 2013. Since, like, 2015-2016, I don't say "I hope" anymore and neither I hope.