[dcw303]

I love it. As someone who is putting more and more energy into making music this resonates with me strongly. I need to figure out a way to get to part time work.

One piece of advice about creative hobbies - set it up so you have a feedback loop. Maybe I'm just an insecure jerk, but I really found that getting feedback and encouragement motivates me to keep trying. Oh, and try to get that feedback from your peers, not friends and family. They mean well but you'll never get honest criticism.

[dorkwood]

I think it depends on your family.

Once when I was a child, my father found a stack of my drawings and proceeded to tell me which ones were the weakest and what was wrong with each of them. Another time, I can remember showing my sister a drawing I'd made that I was extremely proud of. Her response? "The arms are too long".

Funnily enough, I ended up devoting years of my life to artistic pursuits.