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Originally Posted by Laranja  a) You train your sucessor in level-2 job for a year or so to get her at your level of doing the job. You get some form of financial reward for that. |
That's funny, I started doing that exactly today. See. I don't want to stay in this job. But my boss is a really good man, very understanding. Though the best of him is that he's following his dream, he's working for a purpose. He's creating a new glass art academy (there is none in the Southern half of Spain). I prefer this job to any of the others because at least I'm working for a purpose. Only problem is, it's not my purpose. Still, far better, far more creative than any of the previous ones. So I just contacted a girl who works in stained glass and is also a teacher, and needs a three month contract. If she knows advanced english and a little bit of Office, she can take my job. In fact, as she is a glass-art teacher, she can probably be a better asset to my boss than even I am. So that would solve everything. I'm staying in this job until december, and then I'm quitting and recommending this other girl to my boss. I'll train her myself, and then leave.
In the meanwhile, I'm working in preparing my website with a portfolio of my illustrations. Your advice was really good, I think: I was already planning to do exactly the same. ;-)
About the abilities needed... if it's about illustration and writing, I think I have managed to develop them prettily in the last three years. Now I have to develop the self-discipline to learn other necessary skills to make myself well-known (web designing, basically). But anything that is not doing the big jump is stagnation from this point on. There was a time when I was sad and depressed because I thought I wasn't good enough at my art. Now I feel depressed because I'm not getting paid for my art. Not that I'm great yet (still working on it), but I am good, and possibly good enough. And as long as it's good enough, I have to try for it.
As for my family... I'll have to do serious talks with them to explain what I'm going to do. They may not like it, but they have to understand, specially my husband. I supported him hard when he wanted to achive his first dream: a big house. Now I will ask him to support me. It's now or never. (Well, knowing my astounding ability to tell the universe I am dissatisfied, it is
trying now or having another accident or illness and trying later with less money. So I better make up my mind to save as much as I can this December, and try to fly this January. It is settled. I hope I get family support because if I don't get family support I'm getting family anger. I'm not complying this time. I know it won't work, it
never does.