I Got Paid $12 For My First Ever Freelance Copywriting Job

And now I get paid 10x to 20x that…

$12 IS BETTER THAN NO DOLLARS — RIGHT?

It was October 2016 when I got into the freelance writing game — and — I had no idea what I was doing.

My Backstory

For the previous 2 years, I lived in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. I taught English to more than 65 private students and bicycled to…