Freelancing World; Only The Strong Survive

Freelancing is a popular career choice for many people, especially those with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to escape a 9-to-5 office job. Yet while a freelancing career can be liberating in many ways, it’s also a difficult route to take. Just like most roses, freelance life has its thorny side and there are issues that you have to cope with.

Freelancing is hard work and not everyone is suited to this way of working.

Freelancing Career; lets get started!

To begin a career in freelancing, you need two things: perseverance and expertise on your chosen niche.

I never planned to be a freelancer. When I was younger, I was looking for a job that fits for what I studied in school, a normal 9-5 office job. I landed a corporate one in the field of accounting since it is my forte. I stayed in there for years.

It was actually a lot of fun and being an extremely sociable person, I’ve made a few close friends from work that I could never imagine not working with. But then, as time went by, things are getting very rigid and though work is fine, I find myself getting drained on the things that I can't do because I am stuck in my 9-5 office work. I started dreaming for a job that has a flexible time because I want freedom on doing things that I love to do while of course, at the same time earning to provide my needs. A job where I can control my workload. A work-life balance. Then, Freelancing cross my mind.

I decided that I want to become a freelancer. It just sounds so perfect!

With confidence, I looked for a freelancing job that fits on the contemporary set-up that I want. I search on the web, and there I saw a lot of listings on different online platforms and so I dive in with an unshakable belief that I could easily land a job since I already have an experience in an office tasks.

Yes, I did land an online job but I realized that getting on track is a little bit difficult. I earned money on a per-job basis. Freelancing is a No work, No pay job. It has less stability compared to a 9-5 hour working in an office desk. I struggled to get a client since my professional skills weren't competitive enough to get me to a high-profiled client.

Surviving in the Freelancing World

With my strong desire to continue on a flexible work, I look for ways on how to widen my skillsets. I aimed to land a high-profiled client. I decided to engage myself on freelancing skills. I invest my time and effort to learn more about freelancing while at the same time harnessing some skills to widen my knowledge in freelancing business. I also enrolled in FVA Consultancy in Freelancing course to help me boost my freelancing skills. FVA Consultancy equipped me with skills that are needed to be more competitive in the freelancing world. They nurtured me to grow to become a better freelancer.

Yes, freelancing is about leaving your comfort zone. It´s a jump into the uncertain. An exciting roller coaster ride.

If you have an eye for details and you are naturally an organized person, then freelancing will suit your personality. If not, then you’ll very quickly be in trouble.

Part of being organized as a freelancer is the ability to do many different things, often in a single day. It’s easy to picture freelancing as simply working on a client’s project but there’s a lot more to it than that. Freelancers are business owners. You’ll need to carry out tasks related to marketing, invoicing, transcribing, bookkeeping, contract negotiating, website upkeep, networking, and ongoing self-learning, and more.

Tip:

• You need to stay sharp on your skill.

• Hard work and perseverance is the key.

• Trust the process.

Freelancing is a fantastic career choice, especially when you have a passion for the skills you want to be paid for. It allows you to shape your work day as you see fit and work with some amazing clients on some fantastic projects.

However, it is hard work, especially in the first few months and years. You need to love what you do because initially you’ll be working a lot harder than you were in your office job.

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by: Marilyn Serdan I July 25, 2020 I Virtu@lly Yours,