![]() ![]() The downside of self-employment is I never feel like I can truly be “off.” There’s always a potential story at my fingertips, and thereby a way to chip away at my looming debt, which hovers at a little over $50,000. ![]() When, at 40, I realized that wasn’t quite how real life worked, I dedicated myself to earning as much as I could as a freelancer, with a mix of book royalties, articles, and a part-time copywriting gig. In my 20s and 30s, I ignored my debt, thinking it would somehow eventually resolve itself (how, I’m not sure, but I assumed more money would simply materialize the older I got). I’ve been in debt my entire adult life, first with student loans from undergrad and the law school I never graduated from, then from living above my means - not hard to do on a $40,000 New York City salary. I know that sounds ironic, but bingo is my mental escape, offering a few hours where the numbers in front of me all start with a letter, not a dollar sign. The one time in my life, aside from sleeping, when I’m not obsessing about money is when I’m playing bingo.
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