We’d agreed to meet at 9:30 a.m.

I glanced at my watch again and yawned. The office is mostly quiet besides an occasional patient checking in.

To my far right is the door I’d sauntered through hours earlier, shrouding nervous excitement in a cloud of cool.

This was my first…

Ahh…the good life. You’ve finally reached that point. It’s time to hand in your two-week notice and leave your corporate career for good. You’ve worked hard for this moment for a long time, and I am not going to take that away from you. Congratulations!

It must be exciting to…

As a contractor and freelancer, the conversation with a prospective client will inevitably turn to the big R-word. Rate. Your rate is, at its simplest, the monetary value of your professional work.

However, it is a lot more than that. (We’ll get into that shortly.) Any client you speak to…

Financial freedom is the holy grail of 2021, and the internet is awash with gurus and industry insiders telling us how to get it, usually through a course that you have to pay for.

But even in the places where content is free, the advice flows like wine, and the…

For the first six months of my freelancing career, I was on cloud nine.

The little wins were extremely validating. I landed clients. I broke even early. I had viral articles.

No amount of failed cold pitching campaigns or article rejections could stop me. Bad news and self-doubt couldn’t penetrate…

Up to 24% (1 in 4) Americans started a side hustle this year.

What’s even greater is that in 2020, there were 42% more new businesses as a result of the pandemic. …

My professional life is weird. Between freelance writing combined with teaching people how to strangle each other — I also teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — my day is very atypical. …

The cost of living in America is extortionate.

A lot of people aren’t making enough money to cover their basic expenses. The cost of gas, food, and other basic necessities is rising. …