When I started checking out content marketing as a career, I ran face first into the “location independence” movement.
Every other blog seemed to be written by someone who was White, male, and whose main goal in life was to “work from a beach in Thailand.”
…but I didn’t care about any of that.
I just wanted to be free of a commute and the expectation to relocate for a job (which I still find offensive). I just wanted to be able to live in a city where I felt safe and where I was connected to friends, family, and community.
Later, I started to appreciate how location independence meant I could game my income by living in a city with a moderate cost of living and working with clients located in more expensive areas.
Well, lately, location independence is even more than that.
It means not worrying about whether an employer is providing a safe physical workspace when it’s time to go back to work. It means not wondering whether coworkers are coming in sick or exposed because they can’t afford or don’t feel comfortable taking time off or self-quarantining.
So many of the things that used to be perks are becoming bare necessities of a healthy life.
More than ever, we need to talk with ourselves about the impact work is having on our lives…and what we’re willing to do to change that.
Megan
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