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Being a writer is great, if you can afford it

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Naomi K
Oct 18, 2018
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It's a truism that all the fun and meaningful careers tend to be competitive and poorly compensated. I've been seeing a therapist lately, and when my insurance sends me the amounts they pay him, I'm consistently shocked: it's less than I bill as a freelance writer.

But writing corporate blog posts is not at all fun or satisfying, while presumably therapy…

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