I don't like advice lists, but here I am writing one. This isn't a complete list, and partly because I am a freelancer, I don't talk about organized labor or unions or many other potentially important things. Most of this derives from 15+ years spent mostly as an independent journalist, a year on staff at one publication, having written for dozens of others, some no longer extant, along with a few books.
Most of this derives from 15+ years spent mostly as an independent journalist, a year on staff at one publication, having written for dozens of others, some no longer extant, along with a few books. Now I'm 40 years old, emerging with a solid rolodex and steady assignments but never enough money in the bank and more debt than I'd like to admit. There are no promises here, no guaranteed paths to success (I'm not sure what that looks like anymore).
There are no promises here, no guaranteed paths to success (I'm not sure what that looks like anymore). There is only, as the zoomers say, cope. Don't write about yourself.