Thank you for writing this. I've been toying with the idea of taking a year off of traditional employment to pursue illustration again and have been feeling allllll kinds of ways about it. My job makes me angry every single day—affecting my ability to be a good wife, mother, person, artist, etc... and yet I stay for all the reasons you mentioned and more. It's not an easy choice for sure. I have the savings to do it, for at least a little while... just have to do the brain gymnastics to make it feel "ok."
Thank you for writing this. I've been toying with the idea of taking a year off of traditional employment to pursue illustration again and have been feeling allllll kinds of ways about it. My job makes me angry every single day—affecting my ability to be a good wife, mother, person, artist, etc... and yet I stay for all the reasons you mentioned and more. It's not an easy choice for sure. I have the savings to do it, for at least a little while... just have to do the brain gymnastics to make it feel "ok."