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Unpopular opinion: my best week on Upwork was also my worst

Last Tuesday I woke up to three messages from people who wanted to hire me for copywriting gigs. Two of them accepted my proposal within an hour. By Thursday I had $1,200 in escrow which felt insane coming off a dry February. But then Friday hit and all three clients wanted revisions by Sunday. I stayed up until 2am rewriting a landing page for a crypto startup while trying to fix a blog post about pet insurance. By Saturday noon my laptop froze and I lost an hour of edits because I forgot to save. I made good money that week but I also cried in my car after a grocery run. Has anyone else had a killer payday that just wrecked your whole week balance?
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shane170
shane1705d ago
laptop froze and I lost an hour" sounds like the universe was BILLING you for that $1,200.
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rowanw91
rowanw915d ago
Gotta agree with @shane170, the universe was definitely charging a fee that week.
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wade_anderson
Used to roll my eyes at stuff like this. Not anymore.
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