Freelancing, finance, self-employment

Salon Life: "That's why I decided to get a handle on the noncreative side of my life -- not just my taxes, but on all the mounting challenges of being my own boss. What was the smartest way to plan for retirement? What were the best resources for health insurance? How could I, starved for human contact, avoid leaping on my fiancé like a puppy every time he walked in the door? I wanted to better manage both my finances and emotions -- and reach a stage where bouts of depression and frustration came less frequently than my paychecks."