my thirst for painting

how do I extinguish my thirst for painting? I wake up thinking of this hobby and I go to sleep exhausted and happy from it how do I quench my creative thirst? I pick up a paint brush and swirl colors on canvas why would I want to snuff out this passion? Maybe because I am getting nothing else done? This love is not something I can stub out or snuff. To terminate my painting would be to terminate me. It has become more than a hobby. Less passion than obsession But it feeds my essence. There is no reason or way to stop and so I paint