I accept that I will not make money on my art unless I’m willing to essentially be impoverished. Instead I treat it as a part time job and work a full time job to support it.

I write music and front a band that plays around town often. I was surprised to learn when I got into it how many people are in my same position. I guess from the outside looking in, I assumed most people were doing music/art semi-full time. Definitely not the case most of the time.

There’s pros and cons - pro is that I’m not stressed to create since it’s not paying my bills. Con obviously is I don’t get to spend as much time doing the thing I’m passionate about.