I can relate to this so much. I've been freelancing after work for almost a year, and some months I wondered if I was wasting my time. Looking back, every project taught me something useful.

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Completely agree. Every bad freelance experience I've had showed warning signs before the project even started.

Freelancing has been my biggest winner too. It wasn't passive, but it gave me income much faster than anything else I tried.