“the recession is a scary thing. mentioning the word recession makes peoples’ eyes bulge and their body language switch from open and happy to reserved and timid. is it the fact that the super big businesses across the world are closing or filing for bankruptcy? or could it be that the smaller businesses are closing shop and leaving entire strip malls across america vacant?

whatever the reason behind it, i am sure the recession has scared all of us at one point or another. the nervousness we get when we look at our financial records and wonder if they’re going to be dipping to an all time low. the uneasy feeling we get when all of our leads have dried up and we do not know what to do next. or the view of the freelance world from the outside looking in — the first time freelancer who doesn’t know if they should take the jump now because times are so hard…”

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