Part of me or all of me

I have moved from a hobbie painter to more. Painting is becoming more and more of my life.
I am making more room for it, moving other things aside to let it happen. So far this is good, the art I creat feels more like me, less like an outside thing. Creating is easier, it happens, maybe because there is time now. I was full time worker part time painter, now I am part time worker, and closer to full time painter that I every have been. Sometimes getting older can be a good thing. I have moved past many of life's stresses, and become more open to just life...time is more important to me than material things. Art isn't material to the artist, it is the soul of the artist.