Comments on: Success and Your Path To It https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html a freelance writing resource. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html#comment-11467 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:35:38 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html/#comment-11467 My idea of success is being able to pay your bills – however large or small – by doing something you love and enjoy. (And by my own definition, some months I'm more of a success than other months.)

I could never hold down a job I hated just for the paycheck. When people say freelancing is "brave" – working without the safety net of a steady paycheck and benefits – I remind them that I may have to work harder at times, but I can never be fired.

]]> By: Cathy Miller https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html#comment-11466 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:17:35 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html/#comment-11466 Great photo, Lori.

I have a very different concept from most advice-givers (or it seems that way).

I respect each individual's choice. I am in a very different place in my life. I don't want to work myself silly for some 6 or 7-figure goal. I don't want an empire. I don't want employees.

What I do want is work I enjoy, time for life, and the freedom to appreciate both.

]]> By: Allie https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html#comment-11465 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:46:07 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html/#comment-11465 I've thought about this before. I've got so many ideas of what success could look like, that I don't know what it would take to actually feel successful. Getting to work on my own time frame? Doing work I love? Creating projects that are interesting to me and that make me proud when they're finished? The joy of having someone tell me they're succeeding because of work I've done?

Really, all of those things feel like successes to me.

On the other hand, because I've been doing this for less than a year, I've been striving to reach — at minimum — the salary I made at my last full-time job. Because until I reach that point, I kind of can't believe this is my "full time" job.

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html#comment-11464 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:30:06 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/10/success-and-your-path-to-i.html/#comment-11464 A lot of people equate success with fame. I don't. I consider it living life on my terms.

LOVE the photo — how beautiful — you and a rainbow.

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