[bryanc]

Originally Posted by Jean-Paul

The difference is that your actual teaching hours aren't set, and they can span a day leaving you with no time off. When you are hungry, you don't want to say "no" to any potential customer, but you can quickly overload yourself, work 13-16 hour days 6 days a week, and after a year of that find that you are dreading going to work. You hate Sunday because it is your only day off and you have to spend it playing catch up on all the personal work you don't get done during the week, you've got no time for your family or any of your old favorite activities (like rock climbing or mountain biking), and you don't have time to actually take care of your business. Even if you work for yourself, you haven't found freedom, you've just put your name on a door and gotten yourself another JOB. Only this time, da man is YOU.

Next thing you know, you start looking at other jobs and remembering when you had time to yourself, paid vacations, medical insurance, and stable income, and that grass starts looking a lot greener over in that pasture.

That's exactly how I feel right now. Four more years to go! *insane giggle*