So I've been thinking for a while and have been considering the prospect of doing art full time. I'm graduating college in the spring, and I've already got rough plans to move in with a friend in an apartment. Rent would probably be around 500-800 monthly, so ideally I'd get a part time job at a cushy bookstore or something and work that around 15 hrs a week, which would account for most of rent. Other than that I'd be doing art as a full time thing!!

Some friends and even one of my counselors have encouraged the idea, but I'm also scared that maybe I won't have enough people commissioning me to make a living off of. I'm also considering the prospect of getting burnt out... but I feel I'd get a lot more burnt out if I had to balance a regular full time job with art.

I guess I'm just hesitant because this is a big turning point in my life and I'm not sure what's going to happen next! But I want to try this and see where it goes. If any of you who are doing this as a full-time thing have advice for me I'd love to hear it.