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RE: Becoming a freelancer - Beginnings are hard
You're told to have a job because that's the easy option. ;) And because most people love the easy option.
I don't have the experience you do, but - after a little over one year of freelancing - I realized it's not for everybody. You need more discipline and as well I think you use more energy for those work hours you put in, because on this side, nobody pays you to just wait for those 9 to 5 hours to pass, right? :)
I'm curious how do you cope with the other aspects of freelancing.
You're perfectly right! Although it's funny... To me, the easy option seems the hardest, because if you end up having a job you hate (like many do), you have to put up with it every single day. I'd get mad :) Wouldn't you? But yes, it's financially easier since you get paid as soon as you start work, vs. when you start freelancing.
Discipline - exactly. That's one of the most challenging parts. I still deal with it, but it keeps me awake :) I'll write about that in the next post, thanks for sharing.
What are the other aspects of freelancing from your perspective?
And did you start freelancing first, or had a job before?
I've had quite a few jobs before, but I love my freedom more than my stability, so I ended up freelancing. :D And somehow I always tend to choose the hard way. :))))
One of the most important thing for me right now is the time of day I choose to do my work on. I'm an early morning person - I just finished my main work already by the way, before 0830 am - so if I don't work in the morning, it becomes harder and harder to do something. I experienced with different times throughout the day but I keep coming back to mornings, early or at least before 12. In the afternoon or evening I'm almost never able to work. :)
Imagine that the day barely starts for most people and you've already finished most of your work for the day. How do you think that feels like? ;)
There are other important aspects, like taking days off or vacations. Because I never know if I'm going to have enough work next month, I tend to choose work over relaxation all the time. And that led me to a burnout last autumn. But that's where savings come into play. A good amount of money set aside, so you know you can live for 3 to 6 months without working feels very important to me.
And then there's the fact that I have no work colleagues. There are more aspects, but let's keep it short here. There are articles to be written on the subject. ;)
It seems to me that you would enjoy writing a post about this subject :) Why not do it?
Oh yes, vacation. I imagined that when I'll get to be a freelancer, I'll get as many vacations as I want to, work whenever and from anywhere I want to. Apparently it's not that easy, right? :)
Yes, you work mostly alone. Unless you pick projects where you need to team up with others. Hm...
Is that a polite way of saying that my comments are too long? :P
Maybe I will. There're so many ideas, but little time for them all. :) I guess that's the moment when one should think of getting a vacation, right? :D
Not at all! You seem to have many things to say, and I would just be curious to read some posts about your freelancing experience :) Does that sound absurd? :D
Mmmmm vacation. Seems so far away. Because I don't live in my homecountry, almost all my vacations go there and back. And in most cases, I don't have the time and money to go for a second trip within the same year. But who knows, maybe Steemit will finally give me the opportunity to travel somewhere else than visit my family :)
No, it's not absurd, I was joking. :P I'll probably write stuff about that. Thanks for the interest. :)
Where do you live? I thought grass was greener on the other side, whatever side that is. :D
That'd be interesting :)
I'm originally from Romania. You're probably from there too right?
That I know. But where are you now? You don't need to say if you don't want to. :P Wait, dk... Denmark? :D
Yup, I'm romanian as well.