How and why did you switch to freelance?

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Lost a job. Isn’t that how the vast majority of us start? That said, it was 20 years ago and I haven’t looked back

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Got laid off.

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My health. I do not jive with the 9-5 life and agency world on a 5 day basis. Hoping to be fully freelance and transitioned by 2020

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I made sure I never worked at the same place for more than a year or two, that way I met more people, worked with more people, and when it came time to get that freelance money, I knew more people who would snap me up in a flash. Itchy feet. Fatter wallet.

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