Thank you so much for writing this. I worked in higher ed for 8 years before quitting about a year ago and have spent the last year trying to make it work as a freelancer as result of falling DEEP into the entrepreneurship/girlboss/"Manifest your way to 10k months" world on social media. The "be your own boss" mentality and the social media content surrounding it is SO alluring while living under late capitalism, and looking back on it now, I can't believe how naive and nearly delusional I was to believe that the standard rules of class, race, gender, etc. don't apply in the world of "online entrepreneurship" aka freelancing (lol). Anyway, my point is that it's very validating to hear that as much as we may want our passion for writing (or whatever it may be) to work out for us and be able to sustain us full-time, the need for a steady paycheck, health insurance, and other benefits (especially once you're over 30) is very very real, and there's absolutely no shame in having to get a "real" job to support yourself. Wishing you luck with everything, and can't wait to read more of your writing!
Thank you so much, Jessica! Makes me so happy to hear this resonated with you. Yeah, it's crazy how alluring these notions on social media have become. Everything is a sales pitch now! Its been hard to weed through that but you are right. We have to do what works for us and our lives. Thank you for reading!!
Thank you so much for writing this. I worked in higher ed for 8 years before quitting about a year ago and have spent the last year trying to make it work as a freelancer as result of falling DEEP into the entrepreneurship/girlboss/"Manifest your way to 10k months" world on social media. The "be your own boss" mentality and the social media content surrounding it is SO alluring while living under late capitalism, and looking back on it now, I can't believe how naive and nearly delusional I was to believe that the standard rules of class, race, gender, etc. don't apply in the world of "online entrepreneurship" aka freelancing (lol). Anyway, my point is that it's very validating to hear that as much as we may want our passion for writing (or whatever it may be) to work out for us and be able to sustain us full-time, the need for a steady paycheck, health insurance, and other benefits (especially once you're over 30) is very very real, and there's absolutely no shame in having to get a "real" job to support yourself. Wishing you luck with everything, and can't wait to read more of your writing!
Thank you so much, Jessica! Makes me so happy to hear this resonated with you. Yeah, it's crazy how alluring these notions on social media have become. Everything is a sales pitch now! Its been hard to weed through that but you are right. We have to do what works for us and our lives. Thank you for reading!!
Good luck with everything! It sounds like you've got it figured out for now--what a great feeling!
I hope so! Thanks, Autumn :)