I'm an executive speechwriter for a big high tech company, and I generally work three days a week. Sometimes more if it's busy. It's a job that pays very well, and I went to college and graduate school to learn how to do this sort of work.

In two weeks I'm saying goodbye to this job. Two weeks after that, I'm starting medical school at the ripe old age of 44. It's what I've always wanted to do, and now's a good time since they accepted me. I'm starting to get very nervous about the big changeover. But for the next eight years or so, school and/or residency will be my job. I can freelance-write if I want to make extra money, but fortunately my husband is successful and so I probably won't do that.