Have you been feeling the urge to quit your W-2 job and become a freelancer? Many people are in the same boat, and the number of freelance workers is on the rise. Zippia found that in 2022, there were 70.4 million freelancers in the U.S., a number that has steadily risen — in 2017, there were 57.3 million of us. Plus, 82% of U.S. freelancers are in fact freelance writers, meaning I’m in excellent company indeed.

I went from a career change in 2021 to a beginning freelancer in 2022 to a full-time freelancer in early 2023. Along the way, there were many signs that I was ready for it. Have a look at the following 10 ways to tell if you, too, might be ready to give up that regular paycheck in exchange for greater flexibility and indeed, greater happiness.

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