Thanks for the mention Harold. Excellent observations. With some nineteen years as a freelance consultant and coach notched up, I believe the old saying, "take the wheat and let the chaff be still" applies. Trouble is, as anyone who has handled the wheat and chaff in real life knows, that chaff has a way of blowing around a lot and getting in people's eyes. Just like a lot of the advice I read (and try not to any more), chaff, not wheat, like blog posts which no doubt in good faith seek to lay down rigid rules about how to be a freelancer. Enjoy the journey, mate: we know it can be scary, but hey! who wants to go back to the M-F, 9-5, yes boss, no boss rigmarole?