Some days ago I heard someone say something. this prevented me from thinking about I´ll never earn any mo with CG, cause maya is a pain in the a$$ indeed some times. what I heard was a little sentence about genius. it said -> True genius is a matter of persistence. (hope it is the correct word in your language)

PS: my girl was nagging too, so I moved out of our home and got me a new flat. she doesn´t nag anymore since then but still is my girl. I´m pretty much running out of doe since I quit my old and boring job in june 05. and the only institution which is teaching maya in my country costs about 12.000 $ which I can´t efford. nevertheless - I´m still at it cause CG is so much fun I wanna earn money with it someday.

good luck to you!