Advice

I Hate Money

Well, I used to hate money. This may come as a surprise, as I’m known as a gal who has a pretty decent relationship with her money. However, my prudent money-saving habits didn’t originate from a TV sitcom-esque family, where mother and father dutifully used trips to the supermarket to teach their children budgeting basics. […]

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proof that money isn't everything
Advice

Proof That Money Isn’t Everything

So when I decided to take the plunge and pursue freelancing full-time a couple years back, I did so with the intention of having time to work on some personal projects, namely a collection of short stories. Now that I’ve been getting this itch to also write a book to help artists and freelancers with […]

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Community

How Freelancers Can Help Each Other Make More Money

As I’ll be focusing on friendship this month, I’ve been thinking a lot about how freelancers can help each other out, particularly with raking in more moola. During my first full year of freelancing, my friends have been my bedrock. They’ve been there to commiserate about everything from assignments from hell to stressful times. We […]

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Travel

How to Go on Vacation Without Taking a Massive Hit

So for the last few months I’ve been a bit of a digital nomad, if you will. I am a little reluctant to say that because my perception of being a globetrotting digital nomad is someone who of the upper crust in freelancer society, and has money and high-paying clients out the wazoo. I, on […]

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