Why Freelancing?
Well, I don’t know what others are thinking but for me, it’s freedom, it’s a new experience of working style. I love to face challenges, I like to be my boss. For me, that’s the reason for freelancing.
Freelancing is, of course, better than office-bound work. A freelancer can work freely. What else can be more helpful than this?
Most of those who work in offices are usually there from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. They wake up early in the morning and sleep early at night. And the same routine repeats again and again. Life becomes robotic and monotonous for them. But a freelancer is flying in their career like a free bird. No boundaries, no worries about work. They are the boss of themselves.
Let’s start with my story “Why Freelancing?”:
I’m going to tell you the most truthful story of my life. I am working in an IT firm in my country. To be honest, the salary is pretty handsome. For a fair reason, I am not sharing the company name but it’s reputed, I must say. Even though I graduated in CSE, in my office, I was doing some other work that didn’t align with my educational background. But I had no choice except to do this.
Okay, I have been working for this company for the last eight years. As usual, my office hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. And during this time frame, I did all my official duties very regularly.
It’s very strict to attend office timely. After waking up in the morning, I start running with time to attend the office punctually. And though 5:00 PM is my office finish time, I can’t leave at 5:00 PM because I have to finish my tasks in the office that I can’t avoid. At night, I return home with a very tired body and go to sleep immediately after having my dinner. Days were passing the same as this. Month by month, year by year. I was being separated from my family, from my friends, actually from everyone. I was too much frustrated.
And an incident happened exactly four years ago. Due to one of my faults, I fell into deep financial trouble. I started a business and took a bank loan of $12000, and I lost everything. I was just newly married then. My blue sky became very dark then. Some days, I just couldn’t sleep at night. Then one day, I realized that enough!! It can’t be like this. I have to find a different way to earn income. Then I started freelancing. For me, this is the exact reason why freelancing is for me.
In a word, freelancing is work freedom.
Worst fact of 9 to 5:
In these eight years, I learned some office politics that I don’t like. Do you want to hear some? Okay, let’s share some of them:-
- The most common fact is “Boss is always right” Even though you know that you are correct, you can’t express it because “Boss is always right”. Funny, right!!
- If you hear about what happens next, you might laugh to yourself, but it’s a serious fact in the official culture. That is, the people in your department will never like it if you make friends with someone outside your department or if you have a good relationship with them.
- By this story, I think you already understand why you choose freelancing as a career.
- The biggest thing about the official work culture that saddens me is that no one here will ever become your friend. You might be mingling with someone and secretly considering them a very close friend, but remember, in a moment of crisis, they will not hesitate to abandon you. This is the reality of the 9 to 5 corporate official culture. Think about how cruel that is.
- The cruelest part here is that you must arrive at your office by 9 in the morning, but it’s very hard to leave your office on time. There’s always excessive work pressure, and you rarely finish your tasks within the scheduled hours.
- The most amusing thing is the matter of increments. Increment, I’m talking about salary raise. If you can’t flatter or please the bosses and if you can’t make them happy by buttering them up, you won’t
this is cool, right? There are so many.
How does Freelancing Grow Up?
By birth, people love freedom. They like to fly. Who wants to be in a robotic life? The answer is no one. As a result, nowadays freelancing has increased significantly. People are not recently bound in a small sector. They are doing great in freelancing. In recent years, freelancing has expanded a lot. From my viewpoint, there are many reasons for freelancing to grow nowadays, but in my viewpoint, there are some:
Keep away from 9-5 job: Earlier I said that people love freedom. In the present dynamic economy, a person who wants freedom must choose to freelance because it gives freedom and removes the monotony of less work.
Healthy life balance: A person who wants to maintain a healthy work-life must choose freelancing. Because in corporate life, there is often nasty politics. I hate that most. So to avoid such things, people must choose freelancing.
Besides 9 to 5: Some have a specific extra skill but are engaged in a different 9 to 5 office job. They should start their second career in the freelancing field. Because sometimes there is a bounding people can quit their current job even though this is not their desire. In my personal opinion, I can say that these people are doing great. Believe me.
Some challenges for newcomers:
Inconsistent income: It’s, of course, important to keep in mind that here the income is not consistent. It may be a lot or it may be less. And sometimes you may not get any money for one or two months, but again in the next month, maybe you will get double what you imagine. So before jumping into it, keep this in mind.
Be patient: Always be positive and self-motivated. Just remember that it’s a long journey. And maybe you can’t get to a higher position in a day. You have to wait. For this, you need patience. Stick to what you are. Make yourself self-motivated.
Self-Motivated: Also keep in mind that there are all the tasks you must do on your own. You are the boss and if you are a solo freelancer then of course you are also an employee so all the staff you should manage yourself. The communication of the invoice, and maintaining the scheduling of all the tasks you have to manage by yourself. Later on this website, I will talk about the agency that may be a better easier way but for now, you have to manage yourself.
Conclusion: So, in the end, I just want to say one thing, if you are a freedom lover, want to be independent, and have patience then come, start today
Checkout Some freelancing marketplace so that you can understand with which you can start :-
1. Fiverr
2. Upwork
3. Freelance.com