Complete the text with suitable words.

Gap-fill exercise

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I was a freelance designer for 10 years. I liked being my own and enjoyed the fact that I was responsible for everything I did. Like all freelancers, I a certain of isolation, but I didn't mind that, and the work was quite so I was able to buy a nice house. However, once I had children the work did upon my family life, so in the end I went back to a regular job with a income, plus the of a company car and pension.