Good luck Baz.
I know exactly how you feel,trying to make money out of photography is a joke,so much time and effort for so little reward.I too have been selling odd images and stories here and there,for the huge amount of effort-and time,was really not worth it.
Interestingly,I spoke with other wildlife togs etc,and one said the only reason he makes regular money from images,is because he has thousands of hunting and wildlife images from 50's/60's etc,when not many people did photography,in modern times-everyone has a camera-even images from phones are very printable,so you are competing with everyone.Never did weddings-but imagine that would be long and painful days.
I too,have decided to sell most of my astronomy gear in next couple of weeks,and will likely get rid off a fair amount of camera gear and just keep the one outfit for birdlife-specializing seems a good idea like you have done with astro.
Must be a relief having less kit to look after and worry about-I will look forward to that!
