I've always loved fantasy, magic and mythical kindgoms.  We home-schooled our kids and lived on a 100 acre farm..which had about twenty-five acres in forest.

We'd make up stories and adventures..lots of fairies, witches, wizards, etc. 

I've spent thirty years as a health care practitioner, but my love was magic/fantasy and my mother always said one could never make a living in that world...or writing about it for that matter.