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By: inkthinkerblog.com » What’s Your Biggest Financial Fear As a Freelancer?

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:30:48 +0000

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By: Inkthinker | Freelance Writing Blog » What’s Your Biggest Financial Fear As a Freelancer?

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:14:18 +0000

[...] Miranda’s top financial fears: [...]

By: miranda

miranda — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:28:06 +0000

Thanks for sharing your insight. That is an interesting point. I wonder how many of us hide our financial troubles.

By: Curt

Curt — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:40:05 +0000

Interesting article, thanks for sharing. I just read about how most people that go into foreclosure try to hide it from friends and family because their worst fears have come true.

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Different Directions – No Map : Beyond Mom — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:43:03 +0000

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By: miranda

miranda — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:57:26 +0000

Ah. Thank you for clarifying. I agree that it can be rough to live on that edge. My parents didn’t go into debt for much of anything. I had a great childhood, but I did worry about money sometimes.

By: Dreamer

Dreamer — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:53:30 +0000

Miranda: Thank you for the kind words, but the funny thing is that I never really considered that “poor”. We always had some sort of food and a roof over our heads. We ate at a soup kitchen once on a thanksgiving (and volunteered our time to pay it back), and although we didn’t get a lot of stuff we wanted, we got everything we needed. My biggest fear is of living on that precipice, where you’re never sure how you’re going to make it next month, or which bill to pay. My parents trashed their credit making sure that we weren’t “poor”. I just don’t want to ever be in that position. It would make me feel like a failure, and far too much of my self confidence is tied up in that arena.

By: miranda

miranda — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:11 +0000

Dreamer: Thank you for sharing your story. It is very moving. I agree that a childhood lived in poverty can inject fear. My family was somewhat poor (though not as poor as you) growing up, and I always sought for ways to have a little more security. However, I also learned that sometimes we have to learn to relax, unwind and enjoy life a little. Not get extravagant, of course, but take a moment to feel good about enjoying life’s pleasures on occasion (without going beyond means, of course). It is, though, something that many of us (including myself) has to learn and work at — especially if we have been in a position where we were subject to fear.

By: miranda

miranda — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:07:35 +0000

Thanks, Jean, for freaking me out :) I have health insurance, so I haven’t worried about catastrophic illness. But now I do. What if the health insurance I’ve been paying for all these years doesn’t cover the problem? What if, for some reason, we get dropped. *sigh* Higher premiums every year aren’t enough; now I’m worried about health care, too. Time to boost my savings, or look into an HSA.