How to Survive as an Artist

By 'survive', I of course mean 'stay sane', but survive sounds better.

I have just discovered a fantastic illustrator (other than the truly scrumptious Emilymews) who goes by the name of Keri Smith. I think she is wonderful.

I've not had the time to check out all of her massive website, but what I have seen is just brilliant. A particular favourite of mine was the interactive illustrations. One that struck a chord with me (as I intend to use it) was the 'Artist's Survival Kit'. It's 4 pages of pdfs: 1,2,3,4,5

I will definately be using it... even though I'm not an artist.