Poetry isn't pointless.

You're using the 'money is everything fallacy' or something. It gives you a sense of security but it doesn't give you an emotional inner calm. That requires you sparking your creative side. Something most Westerners have a hard time with. Great writing will move people, but still manage to connect and communicate with the audience. The best TV shows and books, the critically acclaimed ones all have this quality.

Happiness and treating people correctly is a simple choice no matter what you're doing.

Of course if you want to truly create it takes more effort sometimes than making money. Depending on your type I guess.

Don't ya just love the creator of Calvin & Hobbes for trying to stay true to his artistic roots while still making a living?

Have you pissed on a Ford logo today?