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Submitted by Michael Andersen

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

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No decision I made has been more important to the success of my small nonprofit than the one to live in a shared house with two other work-at-home friends. (Another self-employee and a telecommuter.) They've been an essential social support structure in good times and black and I couldn't have done this without them.

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