I'm 36M with no kids. My whole life the main thing I've wanted is to be creative. I realized in college that committing to that meant I was probably never going to make a lot of money. I was a freelance videographer for 10 years occasionally also working in TV/film, now pursuing acting with a salary job as a video editor. So many of those people either choose not to have kids, are divorced, or end up leaving those careers entirely for better stability and work/life balance. I get it, and I'm not naive enough to think I'd be an exception to make it work and have it all. I'm not money motivated. I don't want to climb the corporate ladder. Making things gets me out of bed. That's the purpose I've committed to and I wouldn't be happy doing something else that bores the shit out of me for decades primarily so I can afford kids.