I am doing a lot of self-reflection lately. I'm trying to figure out why I gave up on my dream of having a career in art.
Did you give up on your dream? Did you give up before you even tried?
    I did. Instead of trying to find a job out of college that was geared toward art, I took the first job that I was offered. Why? I suppose I was excited to be getting a regular paycheck and the money was decent for the time. I bought a house and spent a year getting a salary to do art with kids. It was great fun, but a lot of work for the money. I got my real estate license and spent six years helping my husband sell real estate. During that time, we fixed up houses and either sold them or kept them as rentals. It just seemed like life was moving fast. I wouldn't have had time to just sit and paint or do photography.
Did you at any point look back at your life and think, I lost a part of myself?  I only recently realized that the creative person I had once been was gone.