The truth is....that MANY artists/performers/actors....well, the creative "job" is merely a side job until it can pay the bills. They usually keep full time jobs which are enough to pay the bills until the artistic pursuits are bringing in enough money. Sometimes that means working nights at the paying job so you can act during the day, or maybe in his case, he keeps his full time job and drops other activities, maybe getting less sleep so that he can put energy into his art. I think it is a bit unrealistic to just drop your hours and think that you can start making money off of your art right away. It rarely happens like that.

So yes, you do have a reason to be upset!