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You could tell he was ready to end it all. Quite sad.
On the flipside though, he got as much Asian beaver as he wanted. So silver lining and all that.
You really must put yourself first because if anything happened to your health the company's main concern will be how to replace you ,so fuck em and move on.
Dont forget work to live not live to work.
Was a struggle to get going and even cash flow was hard. Now its going ok, I can pay myself a monthly wage at least, and cashflow is a lot better. But the hours are very unsociable. Alot of evening weekday work and weekends at the moment seem to be rather empty due to many people wanting to keep those free to do other things.
Running costs are going up and up and some months I struggle to cover them all comfortably.
I know I will need some form of side/day-job but any applications for any schools have been unfruitful largely due to the fact I have no experience teaching young children in a classroom environment. Had one application last year fall through because of this. I find it hard to find any retail work as again, not much experience, and many supermarkets will wonder why someone with a music degree and self-employed will be wanting to work for them.
Main issue with daytime hours which need to be filled with something as only 1 day in the week anyone comes in before 5pm.
Even 3 days per week somewhere just to keep the bills and overheads covered then I can focus on my lessons in the evenings whilst still having a bit of time to myself. Work flow dips seasonally so summer holiday and Christmas periods are pretty bad as maintaining student numbers.
What other options have I got? Can I leave off my CV/application the fact I have a degree when I apply for any retail work? What about the self-employed tutor bit?
"is very good at this": sounds like you respect their capability
"a good friend": so, I'm assuming they know you fairly well
"but we don't see each other regularly": means that (a) you'll have to make the effort so your time will be focused and (b) you wont be bumping into them every day.
The coaching/mentoring/criticalfriend/soundingboard/etc role isn't something that happens by chance. You should ask them whether they'd be happy to play that role for you and - if they are - agree that you'll set aside meaningful time with them every X weeks.
It would need commitment from both of you - ie both of you being able to make and stick to that commitment - and being free to say if it's not working.
I've had a pretty varied career myself in engineering, meteorological instrument design, as a full time musician and many different roles in the motor industry, and none of us have had to hide any of that for fear of being "overqualified".
Some are winding down towards retirement, some are still deciding what to do as a career, and some, like me, simply don't have time among all life's fun stuff to waste it on an all-consuming job.
Go for it, you might be surprised.
Far too many people seem to have their sense of 'self' indivisibly woven into their CV's, jobs or perceived life roles.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
My experience of that was to simply get out of it. By which I mean to not have a perfect alternative worked out, but to feel like getting out of it was important enough to my whole life that that realisation had to be acted on in isolation. After that move (and the additional panic deciding to do it generates) the way forward looks entirely different. It's hard to describe, but it does. More things feel like they are options - the decks felt totally clear. (and other shit analogies)
Shout if you want to talk about it.