Im scared I'll lose art if I don't pursue it

I’m coming at this from a third perspective. I have an animation job, I’m successful at it, and I enjoy it most of the time, BUT I just now, in my 20th year in the industry, am coming back to making art, drawing, painting, for me, for the feeling of it. I’m not saying for the fun of it because it’s not always fun it just scratches an itch that doesn’t get scratched any other way. I guess what I’m trying to say is, you won’t lose art even if you do put it on the back burner, and you won’t keep it alive just by using it for work. I know many people who tried to satisfy their parents’ expectations for them only to drop out and go into animation anyway, and some people that dropped out of animation to pursue more steady work. And a very small sprinkling of people who dropped out of animation to do fine art, which is an even smaller and less stable profession. So no, you won’t lose it.

But also, if you’re like me, and you cannot fathom doing anything else, join us! (I understand your parent may disown you in which case, maybe go to college first and get in secretly)