Beppore I Went Freerance, I Remember Sitting in My Office Every Friday AFTHNOON WITH NOTHING TO DO BECAUSE I HAD FINISHED ALL MY MY 11 AM
For the rest of the day, i have to claim to work. I Mindlessly Added Color-Coded Highlighting to a Microsoft Spreadsheet.
Meanwhile, Beyond The Fluorescent Lights, Scratchy Carpets, and Drywall Confits Lay an Entire Friday Afternion of Freedom. Howver, Because of was a full-time employs, it only started at 4:30 pm well, 4:35 pm, to be exact, Because of didn’t want to look like Clock-Watching and Hurrying Out.
Earlier, I probably had a good laugh with a colleague, the highlight of my day. Was it enough to make up for an Entire afterlessly clicking at a Screen? Not for.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, AND I CAN DO WHAT I WANT WITH MY FRIDAY I’M A full-time freelancer and work Alone. I can take the day off and spend it with my actual Friends, or I can work UNIL 5:30 pm Im in the area and i want to.
“DON’T YOU GET LONELY?” It”s the Question i’ve Heard Roughly Once a Week for the past eight years. People Seem to Think It ‘The Price of Admission for Escaping Corporate Office Life to Work Freerance.
YES, I WORK ALONE AND AT HOME EVERY DAY. Yet i never ben happier or more successful.
From Side Hustle to Solopreneur
Like Most Good Millennial Freeland Origin Stories, Mine Began in a Content Sweatshop. I’d clock out from my marketing jab and clock in to $ 5 listicles that evening. It wasn’t glamorous, but it ended my social life and taught with to write 800 Words About Used Cars on a Tuesday Night.
THEN CAME THE LISTING: A Well Paying, Part-Time Freelance Writing Gig. I applied, sorely for fun. I got the jab and then did the math; this new side gig paid more than my full-time salary. That was all i needed to go full-time freelance.
Now, I Work Alone, Wear Activewear Exclusively, and Easily Earn Three Times What I Did In My Old Corporate Life.
The Truth About Working Solo
WORKING ALONE ISN’T FOR EVERYONE. You have to enjoy your Own Company and be ok Commenting on the banal details of the Weather in your head instead of out loud. But there’s no one to the EAT BOILED EGGS AND TUNA NEXT TO ME, No Clock-Watching, and No Boss to Ask if I “A Sec?”
Be i’m in my focus zone, i can put my head down, get into full productivity mode, deliver my best work, and smash my deadlines.
It turns out i’m not a team player and never have been. Group Projects Were a Drag in School, and in the workplace, they just made with ineffition. I’m here to get the jab done, positionbly eda Enjoy it, and then spend guilt-free time doing other things thread my cup.
Will Ever Get Lonely? Nope. Howver, i do have communities, just swim the kind that involve office parties, forces fun, or passive-aggrassing post notes.
I’ve two freelander Facebook Groups: One Local, One Global. I have whatsapp threads that are equal parts client rants and dog memes. I’m a Member of the Southern African Freelanders’ Association. And i meet up with a few business owners to caffeinate, commiserate, and occisionally co-work.
Is it a replacement for Office Culture? HOPELLY NOT, CECAUSE I LEFT THAT BEBIND FOR A REASON.
WORKING ALONE IS The Ultimate Productivity Hack
Be i’m at my desk, there’s no one to impress but mySelf, no one to interrupt the flow, and no one to schedule a “Quick Touch Base” During My Lunch Break.
Instaad, I get autonomy, solitude, and the ability to eat as many snacks as I Feel Like With Any Judgment.
Best of all, I actually get to work to work with people i respect, on projects of Enjoy, and in Clothes i’ve Sine the Early 2000s. For me, that the real success story.