The dragon is honoured :-D
And I completely understand your position regarding working with art as a job or not. For a long time, the issues as I described it above were no problem for me, that was during my career as a choreographer /dancer... I have no idea why it changed so drastically as I started to work with fine arts, perhaps dance is ephemeral, and a painting is lying around where I can see it and so I constantly evaluate its worth...
I think it shows a good insight into yourself, to understand how you can be creative and then choose a career accordingly. There are perhaps many people who lack this insight and become unhappy with their work.