I am working a combined job, being a creative and technical person. I don't actually have a question, but rather I wanted to give some advice to people looking to be creative.
Follow the highest education you can afford and try to find your passions, start a job and have stability for a few years and then you can have the time needed to find a good creative job you seek. In the best-case scenario, you will find a mix between your passions and your job.
In the end, this will balance your creative days and your non-creative days, always producing results :D
Cheers!