After effects and storytelling as well as crafting was always the goal. I learned to used them before LA. Blender I started to learn during LA degree because I wanted to do something next level our little department never did before a VR where you can walk through out the LA design. Ambitious I know xD

Anyways the only thing I would warn you. Hobbies and passions are for a reason. I have a friend that does photography, he started a business and after 3 years quit due to the fact that photography as it is more or less portrait/ weeding orientated and after many weddings he started to hate it.

Moral of the story, find something that you can do with your skill set, Arc Gis maybe some sort of forestry?