I disagree... life is so temporary and if you can do something great with it you better damn well do it. to hell with the consequences.
dude, are you retarded? why stress yourself and die at 52, instead of taking it a little easy and living to 75 or so... you only live once, so an extra 20 years is a nice long time!
unless you are making several hundred thousands of dollars per year, change your job... no money in "art."