That independence isn't something to "settle" for, but something to strive for. She writes like it's a result of a bad economy, but I think many kinds of work would be headed in this direction anyway, even if the economy were sailing.
Well, yes, the implication of the article seems to be that this isn't something people are freely choosing, but rather that it's being forced on them by our current economic state. Whether that's borne out empirically is somewhat unclear, but by my own anecdotal (and thus virtually irrelevant) experience, most people like having some form of job security.
Well, yes, the implication of the article seems to be that this isn't something people are freely choosing, but rather that it's being forced on them by our current economic state. Whether that's borne out empirically is somewhat unclear, but by my own anecdotal (and thus virtually irrelevant) experience, most people like having some form of job security.