The Tipping Point

Taking the plunge from an employed role into freelance life can be a terrifying yet exhilarating leap of faith. But what happens when you decide to dive headfirst into freelancing in a totally different industry? Here's what I found out when I quit my job as a lawyer and became a freelance copywriter.

Tori Beat

Without a traditional degree, I took the – shall we say – scenic route into my career in law. It involved a long slog of working my way up from office junior to paralegal to trainee, studying for a law degree alongside my full-time day job. So when I finally achieved my lawyer status in 2014 and landed my dream job, I was pretty flipping chuffed. I never imagined that just five years later I'd be undoing all that hard work and heading for a complete career change. But following our relocation to Derby in 2015 and, two years later, having our first child, I realised returning to my much-loved role in London following maternity leave wasn't going to work for us. I loved working there; I already had an…

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