"Jay Honeck" wrote
I met a Cirrus demo pilot the other day who put 900+ hours in last year.
I can't fathom that -- although I'd like to try it someday.

I used to say that. Then I got a bunch of instructor ratings, and all
of a sudden people were actually paying me to fly. I guess I went
overboard - I had multiple students going, and the next thing I knew,
I had over 300 hours for the year and it wasn't even over.

I noticed something else, too. I wasn't looking forward to flying the
way I used to. Sometimes I got in the airplane with no enthusiasm at
all. It was becoming too much like work. It was also absorbing every
spare moment I had. I even started talking about selling my airplane.

I don't do that anymore. I carefully limit the number of students I
take on. I'm back to my preferred level of flying - about 20 hours a
month, give or take. I'm back to looking forward to every flight, and
back to having time for doing other things.

And every time I think about flying for a living, I think about that
year.

Michael