My job is to write newsletters. I get paid pretty much every day of the year, as new subscriptions and renewals come in. It is a fairly steady revenue stream.
There is something to be said for a beater car. And these days, buying a new car is a luxury.
I wrote No Worries mostly in 2021, in the interregnum between winter and spring semester in my MFA program. I had bold ideas, but they had not yet been put to the test.
When some people want to advance their careers, they get an MBA. That’s what I did—I graduated in 2001 with my MBA from the University of San Francisco. That was a good decision. It has proved valuable, and I learned a lot.