career or lifestlye?

as i have been getting to know everyone and the town and my teachers. I think i have been thinking about being an artist in all the wrong ways when it come to graduating college. Everyone else around me think about what career path they will follow. I was thinking the same way.. and think of art as a career.. but i have come to realize since being here i think it is a way of life.. something i cannot get out of my system or leave behind. I am not just an artist in that i make work. but it is how i think about everything and anything. when i put it like that, that its a lifestyle. for some reason it seems a little more manageable.. like no matter what i do, i am still an artist. that is nice.