Four years ago, Joel Kline gave up his job as a magazine editor to become a freelance copywriter for advertisements, but now he had money trouble. He says that he wishes he'd never 1to set up his own business.
"I am now in such a bad situation" says Joel, "I hope I am2working as an editor. You see, I was3with my job, and I used to get really angry at my boss and the way he used to4me around all the time. I talked to a few friends and they said that they could give me5, so I told my boss l was leaving. At first, everything was6: I had so much work that I had to take on an assistant（助理）, my best friend at work, Don, just to be7to finish things on time. And soon we8large amounts of money. Don and I had a really great lifestyle, and when the work was finished, we used to take good9in places like Cancum and the Bahams, just to get relaxed.
At first, we were busy having fun, and charged（支付）everything to my credit cards instead, but then I began to10how much in debt(负债) I was. At last, I had to11Don off. I then had to sell all my office equipment（设备）.Now I could do almost nothing even if people 12me. Things got so bad that I even asked my old boss if I could do some work for the 13, but he said that I'd been so14to him when I left that he would never employ(雇佣) me again. I've had to15my business now and I don't know what I'm going to do for money. It just goes to show, if you set up your own business, you shouldn't spend money you don't have."
