I’ve gotten a slew of freelance assignments so far, to the point that I begged for a deadline on one project, and I was ready to outsource the next one.

Yes, outsource a freelance assignment. It sounds ridiculous and ironic, doesn’t it?

The possibilities overwhelmed me. The prospect of potential jobs. The idea of relocating and packing and moving 8 years of stuff.

I was suffocating.

Sometimes it’s OK to say no. This may be the only time in my life I get to breathe without worrying about a deadline later in the day.