This is excellent advice! Well-written and sums up the topic well! I used to take all kinds of jobs I felt guilted into. I took jobs out of the fear that I wouldn't get other opportunities. Unfortunately those jobs tied up all of my time (that I could have used making work that felt true to me) and perpetuated themselves for YEARS until I made a conscious decision to spend more time teaching for awhile and and only take work that I actually found valuable. It was very difficult to find the confidence to say "no", but it opened up a whole new career for me at almost 40! I'm busier than I've ever been with the right kind of work. And I only had to confront every bullet point you mention above to get here :)
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Thank you @storyseeker! I'm so glad you discovered that confidence within yourself. Creative people being are taking advantage of on such a large scale. I've seen it happen time and time again with close friends who are artists and writers. A mentor of mine once said if your reaction to an opportunity isn't "hell yes" it should be "no". : ) That's how I've made my decisions the past few years and it's always worked out.