For decades, I had the luxury of having the most exciting job in the room.
As a travel writer, I’ve been on flying safaris around Kenya. I trekked deep into the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda to meet a family of mountain gorillas. I swam with whale sharks off the coast of Okinawa and went stargazing in Peru’s Sacred Valley.
As a freelancer, my income has always been a little unpredictable but I supplemented it with regular copywriting work for large companies, which paid well. The £45,000 I earned most years was plenty for me and my family to live comfortably.
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