Be careful with this line of thinking. The thing about a normal job is that it comes with a normal paycheck, which is highly addictive. When I graduated from college I got a job as an engineer. It was boring as fuck, and I hated it. The upside was that I was making way more money than I ever had in my life. So I quit in less than half a year to go back to graduate school. I could see that if I kept this up I would buy shit, accrue debt obligations, and before long I would need the money instead of enjoy the money; thus, I would be stuck. Grad school is long and you almost starve but in the end, I have an awesome job that I love and get paid ok, too. Finding a way to monetize doing what you love is the key to being happy, I believe. I don't really feel like I have job; I feel like I get paid to play in the sandbox all day long (and drink coffee and stare at the wall, too).Maybe I'll stick to the "normal job" paradigm for a while after I graduate, who knows, but not for long anyways.