I guess it all depeneds what you want to do with your film-making dreams. Do you want to be a writer? Director? Producer? I mean it seems like whats really growing fast is the indie community and lots of shorts are getting budgets to be made into features. The best thing to do for now would be to just keep filming.
If you want to work in Hollywood I'd suggest saving a bit more money so your able to support yourself and your GF and make less money because thats most likely where you'll start.
A quote to live by from a classic..."Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong."
Not that your a kid...you know what I mean.
