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The ‘Two Buckets Theory’ of Creative Work

Rosie Spinks
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4 min readJul 14, 2021

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A former publication from Medium on personal development. Currently inactive and not taking submissions.

Rosie Spinks
Rosie Spinks

Written by Rosie Spinks

Writing about how to create a meaningful life in a chaotic world. Formerly a lifestyle and business reporter. Find me: rojospinks.com @rojospinks.

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Really well written, Rosie!
I run a small web design side hustle right now and am very much in the “take every opportunity that comes my way to make connections and build my portfolio” but I’m excited to be at a point where I can be more discerning…

I think it’s very important and great that you acknowledge the role that privilege creates in your life. I feel like I see so many posts from people about how they make so much money and work so little, but the realities of their personal…

Many freelancers tend to forget that question - I'm guilty of this also