Thanks for this post. Your story is remarkably similar to my own, which I was compelled to write about on my blog as well. http://blog.room34.com/archives/4781 I’m just at a point now with my freelance business where I’m planning to push it to the next level (i.e. more than just me), and it’s great to see examples of people achieving their goals on the same kinds of terms and with the same values that I have.

P.S. I love your site’s background graphic.