To be or not to be

Now that I have finished an Associates degree and paying the bill heavily, I am wondering if it was worth it at all. Being the person that I am I strive to be satisfied creatively and show the world what I can do. Dreams of a young actress/singer at one time. However I have learned that may not be in the cards for me at the moment. Once my children get older I intend to participate in community theater groups for fun. The question is can I do something I enjoy creatively for income??? I think in some way we are all aspiring artists of a kind and we all want to be happy at our jobs. What do you want to do? What did you want to do as a child? I am learning that in America we can do whatever we want as long as we pay insane amounts of money for education we could get from reading a book. So why not get all the education you can get by reading on the topics you want to be well versed in. Then use that knowledge to become whatever you want. I am strongly considering using whatever spare time I currently have ( which isn't much). To write a book. Not one of those opinionated guidelines for life. But a story that I believe needs to be told, and if everyone else knew this story the may learn what I have learned. Well a dream can only be reality if you do it. So here goes....