Five years ago, on the first day back to school after the Christmas holiday, my husband and kids left the house, and I commuted to my basement office and began my freelance career as an ELT materials writer and editor. I started out with two projects: a curriculum consulting project for the University of Victoria, Canada, and a UK/US localisation project for the British Council. A lot of good things have happened since that day in 2013. I’ve achieved my goal of publishing an