Two weeks ago I sat in a chair at a job for which many people would kill.
Well, maybe not kill, but I sure was the envy of many.
Great benefits, as in almost all of our health care paid for. A pension (a pension!!!). And no layoffs or furloughs in sight.
Perfect for most people but not so for me.
I won’t go into details here, but it just wasn’t a good fit. I wanted out. Big time. I was miserable. As in, I would cry just about every time I saw my company’s building as I rounded the corner on my way to work.
Many people are miserable at work. But I’m lucky — I have options.
I’ve been a free-lance writer off and on for years. How many, I won’t go into. But a couple of decades would be accurate.
Two years ago I read Yuwanda Black’s blog about how she had found a new writing niche known as SEO content writing.
I purchased her book and I’ve never looked back.
Click here to view more details. (Yes, it’s an affiliate link. Bear with me.)
I’ve been free-lancing with my site www.thecontentscribes.com part time for about two years now. I planned to build the business up to where I would feel comfortable leaving paid employment on my own terms. While things were going very well, I still hadn’t built a deep client base because I didn’t have time, what with the full-time gig and all.
But when things just became too…much…at work, I discussed with my husband for weeks and finally just quietly quit.
I’ve been so very happy ever since.
Still, here’s another kicker: I was the main breadwinner for my family of three. My husband lost his own job a while back, so the health insurance, the income, came from me.
But I’m not worried. SEO content writing is so lucrative and so in demand, I’m already — just two weeks since I left the 9-5 world — becoming very busy.
With this blog, I hope to be an inspiration to any writer out there who dreams of becoming a full-time freelancer. I know it can be done, quickly and relatively painfully. If I can do it, anyone can.
I’m going to post at least twice a week. I will chronicle my successes, my failures, how we’re navigating purchasing our own health insurance, and so on.
Thank you for visiting.
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