And I know that many of you on this forum know this, but I make kilts because I love to make kilts. I truly enjoy getting to know (typically electronically) the people I make kilts for, and I get a great deal of pleasure from how much they enjoy my work. I am a professional kiltmaker, but I frankly don't try to make a living at it.

My main money-earning profession is as a professor of geology. I love that too. I love to teach, and I love the opportunities that I have to do research in Iceland and Egypt, and it keeps my synapses snapping. Quite honestly, I know myself well enough to know that I would go quietly batty if I made kilts 100% of the time.

But - even though I do not try to make a living as a kiltmaker, I firmly believe that it is unfair both to me and to other kiltmakers to undercut in terms of cost, just because I am not trying to make a living as a kiltmaker. So, my labor costs are on par with what other good kiltmakers charge. Do I make a lot of $$ making kilts? No. Does it make a difference in my life? Yes. I now have a young graduate student in Egypt. The money that I earn making kilts has made it possible for me to tell her that I will be able to come to Egypt and do field work with her, regardless of whether the National Science Foundation decides to fund my recent grant proposal.

Some of us make a living by kiltmaking; some of us are kiltmakers but don't make a living at it. We are equally professional.