Freelancer on an eternal vacation?
That's the biggest nonsense I've ever heard. When I started my work, I thought so myself, assuming that it can not be that bad. But damn it, it was even worse. I received the first order the day I opened the company. I went to the DIY store with a stuck car. What was the car and what was I doing then? I designed the interior because I went for a blow. Cool and not good. Something you had to do at the beginning and it was a trend.
Yes, the vehicle you see in the picture is my first company car. In fact, it's a wedding gift that we made. We visited a few fascinating places, but the best excursion to Hungary for Lake Ballaton. We spent two weeks in the eastern part and it really is a memory for those who stay in your head for the rest of your life.
I'm going back to the work of a freelancer.
I am a person who tries to fight the concept of a freelancer as a person who, after work, performs some tasks there. It's not a freelancer. Is it like you say that a camel is a cow?
Freelancing is a great thing, self-employment, no boss, no rules. I sleep as much as I want, when I want, and I sit down to the computer for an hour a day. HELL ON EARTH
The profession of a freelancer, or rather a way of working, is not as rosy as it might seem. What I wrote above does not really translate into reality. More than once on advertisements one can see how one enjoys being a freelancer, practicing a free profession, an unlimited freedom of choice and decision. By choosing this system of work, we do not decide on freedom but on our own conscious slavery. We do not have a labor code. Surprised? If you work 4 hours it's cool, 8 hours is not bad. However, it often happens that we work 16 hours without interruption. In the meantime, you still have to embrace papers, documents, invoices, advertising, e-mails, telephones. It is not easy but man always tries. Are you surprised that you read this on the website of someone who encourages you to work as a freelancer? If so, please read on.
Working as a freelancer is dealing with everything from 0. We take care of advertising, we take in contacts and customers, rules that apply to us and are constantly changing. There is no time to rest. Even in the holidays, sometimes nervously stealthily turn on the phone and e-mail program to check if it is not burning somewhere. But luckily there are clients who understand you as a human being. At the beginning, five years ago it started to be fun, but after a month it was felt that it would not be easy. And there was not. And now, what next? Next you have to wade into this whole cesspool called freelance...
#architect on the bend
Many of my colleagues who worked on their own account have already caught the turn. Many crumbled, because just like riding in the woods, a freelancer is not for everyone. If you feel that you are burning, go to the side and relax. If something is not going on, do not bring it home, because what's your family wrong? It is best to play sport in which you will survive like hardly anyone. You do not have energy? Believe me, after an hour of intense gym, running or another sport that requires turning off thinking about what's currently bothering you, things are almost the same. Something is happening and this is the remedy for this burnout. I heard such an opinion that you have to do different things so that we do not get bored. This is also true. Each topic, however, is different with us, everyone is different, you do not do the same all the time. And it also gives strength. If you do not have such a thing, what the hell did you take for a freelancer? Why the hell do you turn the guitar over?
Working on an independent position is almost different from work as a frelenacer. It's just that here you cover everything and answer your conscience. If you do not, you will not earn - a simple calculation, right?
Yes, thats me :)
