Pearce right...it all seems so nice to be able to enjoy work because it's a hobby as well...well I can tell you that it ain't paradise. I look at my graphics as a hobby, which does bring me some income but still I do it to evolve myself so that I some day might combine it with something else. Pretty much like I do now, only in a smaller scale. I've been doing graphics and music for alot of years, they've been running side by side since I was a kid. I work as a music instructor / manager for 8 guys trying to make it in music, I freelance as a composer for videos and such, I'm a member of a band/group and I try to sell music to those in need AND I got my own projects(which rarely happens)...basically I haven't had a day off since I got one foot inside of the door. If I'm not instructing, I'm hired to do some music...If that's not the case I'm working with my band/group...and if I'm not doing that I have to come up with something to sell (got to have food :) ) and should there be any time left I rarely have the energy to do my own stuff. I haven managed to get a foot inside doing graphics as well so there are times when 24 hours simply isn't enough for me. It does offer some variety of my days though, I guess that's the positive angel of it hehe Be carefull what you wish for, it might come true and become your worst nightmare...do freelancing instead. I used to think that honing my skills in several areas could only do me good, well I'm starting to doubt that now cause life is simply to short to not be able to do what you want cause someone else "demands" something else from you...all the time. We can all survive hating our job for 8 hours a day for a few years, but not when it eats up your entire timetable.