What I Wish People Had Told Me About Turning 50

Nothing. No, really. I’m coming into 50 a little worried about money, but I don’t regret for a second the choices I’ve made about my work and how it fits into my life. I adore your kids (yours especially, you know who you are) but I have never wished that I had my own. I …


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The Honest Freelancer: On Health Insurance

After a series of Sisyphean tasks, I was able to purchase health insurance through the Washington State Health Care Exchange. The obstacles were numerous; I began to feel like the whole system was built by the Road Runner and I was Wile E. Coyote, forever trying to catch the elusive bird. The “you can keep …


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