Well, luckily I do have a day job that pays my bills.
And quite honestly, I don't think that 45 days to make my first buck is that bad, considering I built a gallery and posted it on the day I decided to get into the biz and I didn't know conversion ratios from CTRs.
And, I'm really not a very good gallery builder. My galleries suck ass. Here, see foryourself:
http://www.damngoodporn.com/tgp/fuck-suck/index.html