Chasing A Career In The Arts

There are a lot of people who simply engage in creative activity (such as painting, making music, or writing) for the pure fun of it – but for every one of these such persons, there is another person who has a dream of engaging in such creative activity as a full-time “job.” One of the problems with this, of course, is that most of the stories you hear or read of people who make a living in the arts details the amount of time these people put in before meeting their breakthrough, and in examining your own life, it might seem like it is not possible for you to find this sort of time yourself.

It will be much easier for you to make the necessary adjustments to move toward a profession in the arts if you are not married, but if you are married, you will first have to make sure you discuss this move with your spouse; after all, you can still work full-time while moving toward a profession in the arts, but you will not have much free time on top of your job and your creative practice!

Once you have established that you (or you and your spouse) feel comfortable with you using your free time for a couple years to chase this dream, you will need to make sure you commit to yourself to not let up or get discouraged – as the opportunity for discouragement will certainly come, and you will have to fight it off.

After you have taken these first two steps, you can take the most important step of all: start saving up your vacation days, and pick a two week (or better yet, a month-long!) span during which you can hide yourself away from the world, work on your creative output, and see what happens!

Some people are undoubtedly not destined to make their living in the arts, but until you take these steps to chase this dream yourself, you will never know whether you are or not!