I came into the WordPress community full force, looking for business and paid work. and learned that was the wrong approach. The WAY wrong approach.
Since that time I’ve learned what the community is about, how to thrive, make friends, laugh, teach, learn and even cry.
I work from a place of abundance these days vs scarcity and it makes a huge difference. Sure I have a FT “day job” but it doesn’t lessen my value/pricing to my freelance clients.