Sofia Levin

But it's not a moneymaker.

I was consulting restaurants and doing social media and bits and pieces like that.

Also, I've never, never been, I don't think I've ever been a full-time journalist.

And a lot of journalists who you speak to who are freelance, who have not been employed for a newspaper or a magazine, they'll tell you the same thing.

They'll dabble in copywriting and doing other bits and pieces, but...

It's, you know, you've got to ask yourself, like, what's important to you?

Are you saving for anything?

How much money do you need?

I was lucky when I started off in journalism.

You know, I was still living at home until I was in my early 20s.

So I didn't have any expenses when I was like a poorly paid junior who got, I think it was like $25 to $50 an article, that kind of thing.

Wow.

So it just, yeah, it just varies.

But there are lots of perks.

But I think I honestly, it sounds like such a corny answer, but I truly think the biggest perk of being in the foodie travel world is the community.

The hospitality industry is just so amazing.

And particularly if, you know, you're out and about.

in places within your area or places that are just opening.

You get to see the same people, whether they are the operators or the other journalists, bloggers, whatever it might be.

And when you've been freelance or a sole trader your whole life, they're your people.