Freelance Finance

The phrase “keep your nose to the grindstone” took on new meaning for me Friday, when Mire and I attended a woodworking class given by master craftsman, author, and self-employed worker Andy Rae. Though the class was about sharpening woodworking tools, I couldn’t help finding a double meaning in much of what Rae said.
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Where does a freelancer go to get some decent health insurance? This a huge, growing issue. Each time the number of freelancers grows in the U.S., the number of people who are going without some form of medical safety net jumps. The powers-that-be have historically consoled themselves with the quaint notion that only the indigent, [...]

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Sounds like a big duh, but most independent workers don’t get into full-time freelancing for the money. They do it because they are following a dream, perhaps, or because they find the freedom exhilarating. But they QUIT because of the money, or, more precisely, the lack of it. (No self-employed person ever returned to a [...]

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