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I’m sick, but I write. Is that self-exploitation or freedom?
When I still had a 9 to 5 job, I stayed at home when I was sick. Today I don’t have a boss anymore. I could go to bed and sleep when I am sick. But I don’t. Why? Read about it in this article.
Today I’m not doing well at all. My throat is scratching, my nose is clogged, and my head feels as if it has been poured with concrete.
I have a cold. I have little energy and could use sleep now. But I sit here and write another story.
Last week, my best-paid story earned me $4.15. So if I’m lucky, I could make a little more than four dollars on the article I’m writing now.
So why am I doing this to myself? Nobody forces me to work today. The money can’t really be the reason.
Of course, I hope that at some point, I will earn a lot of money writing articles, but it’s not that far yet. If I didn’t write an essay today, it would have almost no measurable impact on my income this month.
Nevertheless, my decision also has to do with money. Not with the money that this one article will bring me, but with the money that I will earn in a few months.
