You go ahead and get those artistic urges out of your system, parents, friends and complete strangers say. Once you wise up, you can go out and get yourself a real job.
Medical students have to struggle for years before getting established and cashing in.
I ve known a few lawyers who didn t have the drive to effectively build up their practices and ended up disheartened and frustrated. Yet you never hear phrases such as starving doctor or tortured lawyer. I m not implying the creative road is paved with gold. But it holds as much potential as you re willing to give it. Let s face it, in every artistic field there are people making tons of money and people who are struggling just as there are in all fields.