Is now the time to become a freelancer?
Freelancing is consisting of many different fields, many different activities. Being a freelancer was the dream of many in the past years. Many have also failed, but many have also succeeded! Being a Digital Nomad, having our own work schedule, and doing what we love is priceless, right?
Being a freelancer is basically to run your own business. You have to be the worker, the manager, the accountant, the executive, the customer support, and the boss in the meantime. It sounds scary and overwhelming at first. And it actually is, until you get used to it. But afterward…
Mainstream reason to become a freelancer
Imagine that before becoming a freelancer, you spent every day 30 minutes or 1 hour getting ready to go to work. Then, for many of us it could be just a 5 minutes walk, but for many of us getting to work may take up to 1 hour. If you’re a freelancer, working from home, you already saved one and a half hours (at least) of your day!
With the pandemic kicking in, many of us were forced to work from home. If you’re one of those, you now understand the positive and the negative parts of being a freelancer, when it comes to the idea of working from home. Right?