Although Molly mostly likes her position as a special education classroom assistant, she realizes that the income will never be quite adequate. With a growing sense of dismay, she's realizing that her husband has "settled" - he's not going to look for work with better pay and more responsibility. After getting the resentment out of her system by venting to her best friend, Molly realizes that the only person she can change is herself. She really needs to get herself into a better economic position.
She's reluctant to table plans for her beading business, but she decides that right now her best move for the long term is to learn the skills that could land her an administrative assistant position in the school system. Office positions pay several dollars more per hour than she's currently earning, plus the summer break is six weeks long rather than two months. In addition, if she were ever laid off (not unusual for schools), having office skills could probably insure that she wouldn't be unemployed for long.
Molly researches her options and finds out that the community college offers a certificate program that could be completed in a year if she took online or evening classes. Or she could sign up for free e-courses in basic office software such as spreadsheets via a program offered through her library's website. An informational interview with the principal's assistant at her own school could help her decide which route is best.
After thinking it over, Molly gives herself one year, starting this fall, to complete whatever skill-building she needs, after which she'll begin applying for front office positions within the school district. Having the deadline assures her that this is a temporary detour; when the year is over, she'll return to moving full speed ahead with her crafting business.
Meanwhile, she decides that she'll stay in touch with her entrepreneurial goals by rewarding herself with several hours every weekend for doing her beadwork, with an occasional all-afternoon bead binge during school vacations on days when her mom can watch the kids. This will keep her creative dreams from withering altogether.
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