One clear difference between self-employment and a salaried job is the lack of paid vacations. I am paid hourly so when I don’t work, I don’t get paid. Without a bit of advance planning, it is easy to feel like I can’t take time off or relax without feeling the financial burden. Having just spent…
What about insurance costs? You still have to have health insurance right and does it cost more to find a plan that has better national access with no definite address?
Thanks for the question! I didn’t include health insurance costs because we haven’t actually changed anything now that we are on the road. I’ll have to do a post about self-employment health insurance though because that seems to be something everyone worries about!