In In re Marriage of Callaway, 150 Ill. App. 3d 712, 716-17, 502 N.E.2d 366, 370, 104 Ill. Dec. 103 (1986), the trial court awarded the spouse temporary maintenance. On appeal, the court held: "If at the end of that time respondent has made no bona fide attempt to seek appropriate employment or has refused to accept employment appropriate to her skills or interests, payments should then be terminated. This is consistent with the goal of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to permit the parties to sever economic ties within a reasonable time period and to provide an incentive for a spouse seeking maintenance to acquire the skills necessary to become self-sufficient." Callaway, 150 Ill. App. 3d at 716-17, 502 N.E.2d at 370.