Always Keep the Car Running

Everything you can escape grows in value

James Taylor Foreman
The Startup
Published in
4 min readMay 16, 2022

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A few months ago, I got into a new “full-time” position as a writer.

It had all the perks — 401k, health plan, even unlimited paid time off. I was happy, but my first thought (weirdly enough) was, “OK, what’s my escape plan?”

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James Taylor Foreman
The Startup

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