“Before freelancing, I imagined that I would wake up early in the morning around 5:30 AM and bust out a solid 8 hours of writing every day. I’d have my first novel published soon, all literary publications would want to work with me in some capacity, and I’d also somehow be well on my way to learning piano and solving world hunger with all my extra free time.”

Girl, you took the words right out of my mouth… or of the page… or whatever. My pre-freelance dreams were this exactly.

But I agree with your positivity. There’s a ton of freelancing downside but I wouldn’t trade if for anything.