Some of the things I did in a span of 3 years while working for a local magazine some 15 years ago. I was in art school and trying to illustrate whatever they needed in the style they needed.
Needless to say, that was the moment I understood I'm far below anything usable. It also occurred to me I will never be like the great Bob Zivkovic, Aleksa Gajic and Zeljko Pahek (among the few) and that I will have to work very very hard just to be an average one at best...
It was a teaching lesson in, you can get a job but that doesn't mean you can do it.