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5 Mindset Shifts I Made To Make $7,000 a Month From Writing
By far, the best part of maturing into the person I am today is the self-awareness I gained. I don’t know how I survived life without it.
One token of wisdom that self-awareness brought with it is that our thoughts greatly shape our reality. Reading that, you may have just audibly groaned or rolled your eyes, but hear me out.
I once was a freelancer mired in self-doubt. I let uncertainty, laziness, and embarrassment control me for far too long. And the catcher is: it wasn’t some invisible force keeping me this way; it was merely my mindsets.
You know how you learn about something — say a certain kind of car — and then you start seeing that car everywhere? It’s not because there was a sudden influx of those cars into your neighborhood; it’s because your awareness of that car changed.
Your mindset went from having zero association to said car to having some association with it. At a very simple level, that is an example of how greatly our mind affects our reality.
Now, as a freelancer, who says anything is different? Have you ever taken inventory of the mindsets you have around being a freelancer?
Chances are, you haven’t. Because, again, until someone brings up how your mindset impacts you being a freelancer, you’re…
