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The Scribbling Owlet's avatar

Brilliant piece ❤️🤗🥰

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Kanchan Balani's avatar

Thanks a million, Su ❤️

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Anupama B's avatar

Great to know the journey and the experience shared Kanchan. Would definitely help people like me who are trying to make the career shift. More love and success to you. Thank you.

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Kanchan Balani's avatar

Thank you, Anupama! Pleased to know that the piece was helpful. Wishing you all the very best for your new journey ahead! Much, much love ❤️

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Harry's avatar

This is such a great article!! Crystal clear and poignant! Love the anxiety vs curiosity mindset!

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Kanchan Balani's avatar

Thank you so much for taking the time to read, Harry! Love that it resonated with you :)

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Kshitij Jain's avatar

Loved the piece! I came for the drawings, and stayed for the content !!

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Kanchan Balani's avatar

Thank you, Kshitij! So glad to know that the piece resonated with you :)

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Abhishek Singh's avatar

Such an interesting piece Kanchan!

Curious to learn more about this curiosity vs anxiety battle.

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Kanchan Balani's avatar

Thank you, Abhishek :) Ahh how I would love to talk more about it and also know what you think. Looks like it's time for a Delhi NCR Substackers meet-up :)

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Abhishek Singh's avatar

Just in time! I'll set something up.

If not Delhi, I'm also open to having a Ghaziabad-Noida meetup xP

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Kanchan Balani's avatar

Yayyy! I’m up for it as well :)

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Aotemsu Jamir's avatar

So glad I followed this link on the FDC chat! I took a leap of faith and left my job a few months ago. Taking my first baby steps into the freelancing world, and your piece arrived at just the right time. It's already sparked a ton of fresh ideas. Thanks a lot for putting this out!

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Kanchan Balani's avatar

Thank you so much for taking the time to read, Aotemsu! This genuinely brightened my day. There's something incredibly brave about taking that leap into freelancing. The first steps can feel both thrilling and terrifying all at once. All the very best for your journey! Rooting for you :)

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