This is a start of a new year and new opportunity! I was able to secure a good part time job that, thankfully, lessens those school debt burden every month. It frees me from having to pursue freelance illustration. As much as I wanted to succeed in that, I was too unknown to get any regular clients, and those who did contact me for work would not pay my rates, even though I was willing to push down my prices. They wanted the work for too little, far too little for me even to adjust to theirs for a compromise. I'm not about to do a full colored children book for 200 dollars! It makes me even more grateful for this part time job. I no longer h