It makes me chuckle to eavesdrop on people who have pre-conceived ideas of what it’s like to freelance.<\/p>\n
“Oh I don’t want a 9-5 job” they say. Yes that’s true, if you freelance you will be working ALL THE TIME if you’re not careful. Most of your time will be spent looking for those “next steps” and your evenings and weekends will be taken over by client work that needs to be done.<\/p>\n
Yes you’ll be better paid, but less often and usually not on time.<\/p>\n
Regardless of these factors, as I write this post at the end of a shattering day, knowing that the rest of the week will probably kill me as well, I still like being a freelancer. But it’s definitely not for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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