The short answer is yes, both. But it depends on what stage you’re at in your career. And yes, being a self-employed English teacher in Japan is a career, if you choose to make it so.

The painting at the start of the video is one of mine, here, borrowing heavily on the style of Canadian artist Tim Packer.

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