You should have been surprised if you did get a break after only 6 months.
I have no sympathy for anyone who started training in recent years, unless on a tagged scheme. Undertaking commercial flight training in one of the worst recessions for 80 years could only be considered ultra high risk, and your post should serve as a warning to today's crop of lemmings.
I would, however, caution against flight instructing. I believe that it is now a vocation that you can only do if you genuinely want to. Not so long ago, it was considered by many to be a necessary step (evil?) to building time but the tables have completely changed and consequently using the FI route as a stepping stone to airlines may leave you heavily disappointed.