Farewell freelance life. It was good (money) while it lasted. Unfortunately, the stress of looking for my next gig and never saying “no” to any gigs wore me out. Huzzah for health insurance and 401k!

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About to make the jump back to full-time as well and I couldn’t be more excited. Can’t wait to finally hit up the dentist and update my vision prescription.

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Freelance was great until year 8, then it broke my sense of self worth because chasing and never saying no made me feel more like less of a person than the persons I was constantly in pursuit of.

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Not everyone is cut out for it. I sure as fuck am not, because I’m not good at hustling or book keeping. I still have done it for long periods, but it can be nerve wracking.

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Congrats! Same. Been trying to go full time for the last 6 months and am super excited to go full time, have vision & dental and coworkers!

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Congrats! Where’d you end up? And how long was the process of finding the FT once you decided? I’m on the fence myself...

McCann and it was about 4 months. It was more of a temp to ft conversion

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