I have put a lot of thought into the best route for me to go down in terms of what job will enable me the time and financial stability to pursue my art. I find it very difficult painting in a stop-start sort of rhythm and therefore ideally I did not want a half a week job because I wanted something that could mean I could get stuck into my art for weeks at a time. I have got a job lined up for September as a teaching assistant for a school in Nottinghill, where I will also be paid to have my own after school art club. I am really excited about this job because it will give me a stable income whilst most importantly enabling me the time to continue with my art. I will have half-terms and holidays which alone gives me 5 months of the year to do my art career. My hours would be 8-4pm which means I also have the evenings and weekends. I will see how this goes after a year before assessing whether I want to train to become an art teacher or whether my art career has developed in ways of making money so that I do not need to work as many days at the school.