A year and a bit after I jumped into the freelance pool, I found myself on an airplane headed for San Francisco, where I stayed for 29 amazing days without putting any of it on credit. This is how I did it.

I’ve been fortunate enough to spend the majority of my twenties traveling across five continents and temporarily living in some of the most exciting cities on earth: London, Los Angeles, and New York City—with long stints in Paraguay and Belize. I’ve been able to afford this, not because of a trust fund, but because I rarely have to pay rent.

We all do money differently. How do you do money, Richard Rushfield?

Dorothy, the artist behind Cat and Girl, has been tracking how much she's been earning and tallying her dollars on beautiful charts.

How to not get paid: be a freelancer.