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The guilt of a creative freelancer in the current crisis
Sitting here typing this story is one of the things that I most love to do as a creative. Writing is my favourite medium, although in my main role as a content marketer I also edit and record videos, and do a fair bit of social media.
Writing as a career has been a romantic dream of mine since childhood. I always imagined myself sitting at my writing desk, partially covered in cats (the desk, not me), sipping coffee and enjoying the peace.
As an adult, it took me a long time on a circuitous path to get here — but finally, here I am. And I love what I do!
Cue the Covid Crisis
When the reality of the coronavirus and our impending recession came into our lives, like many other freelancers I started to feel the financial hit. Over the last few months I’ve started to look seriously at what the future holds, and ask myself some hard questions.
Can I carry on living the dream as a full-time creative?
Is it irresponsible / selfish of me to still follow my heart over my head?
Yep, one of the voices in my head says, “get a job.” You know, those old fashioned things that I’ve spent most of my adult life escaping from. I’m…
