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Sounds like you both are a little more "settled" career-wise than I am. I'm looking forward to getting to that point!
@Sara Gates I'm interested to hear how you got into freelance content writing. Do you enjoy that more than being "in-house"? I've been considering it but not sure freelance is the right route for me.
@Nick Nielsen Sorry I missed this question for a while — I actually got into freelancing unintentionally. I’d spent 8 years in-house at one company, then finally made the move to a B2B SaaS brand — only to get laid off six months later, in March 2020. I felt a lot of whiplash after such a fast change, so I decided to start freelancing while I got my feet under me and figured out what I wanted to do next. It’s somehow been four years already, and once I got my business running, I’ve never looked back. I love the flexibility, the work-life balance, and the income potential compared to FT roles. Especially now that I have a young daughter. But I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of good clients over the years, so I haven’t had quite as much feast-or-famine times as some freelancers have dealt with, especially over the last year.