So I only went against my ain advice – I quit my undertaking without some other business office to become to. After years working for large corporates together with an international NGO to boot, I’m leaving the security together with comfort of a full-time, secure managerial business office to encompass the large scary footing as a freelance PR consultant.
From those who’ve gone downwardly this well-trodden path, I have congratulations on making the brave move. I’m told how I’d honey beingness my ain boss, appreciate the work/life balance, together with never desire to function for somebody again. Those who’ve never done this earlier convey a dissimilar reaction. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 slight intermission when they listen I’ve non got anything lined up, a nervous interrogation nigh how I’m feeling, together with a slightly disingenuous ‘you’ll hold upwards fine’ at the end.
But I don’t blame the sceptics. In these financially constrained times, most people become freelance for 1 of 2 reasons- they’ve either been made redundant from their job, or they’ve started a solid unit of measurement together with wanted to a greater extent than fourth dimension at home. I convey no such excuses. So on paper, my bold motility seems a flake mad.
However, the alternatives – staying inward a undertaking that wasn’t working for me, or making a rash conclusion past times jumping to some other role, didn’t actually appeal. All also oft people build career decisions based on necessity rather than choice. I.e. they abhor their undertaking together with only have to motility on, which ultimately leads to compromising on salary, place or some other of import factor. Or they remain inward their business office either hoping it volition learn better, sitting it out until they discovery something else, or only resigning themselves to their position.
Of course of education everyone has dissimilar fiscal constraints together with most of us exercise convey to work. However, the fearfulness of the unknown tin oft agree us back. Or it for certain did inward my case. It wasn’t an tardily conclusion to make, but confiding inward people who convey freelanced before, scoping out potential opportunities together with ultimately believing inward myself is what helped me build this decision.
And of course, the biggest summation for me is that I really madly deeply honey what I exercise for a living. That may audio a footling OOT, but few things build me happier than seeing my words inward print, together with gaining invaluable coverage for clients. I e'er felt that no affair how far I climb the career ladder, I’ll e'er learn a kicking out of boosting the profile of a brand, arrangement or somebody through the ancient fine art of storytelling.
The added value of working amongst a multifariousness of people together with sectors that comes amongst freelancing is also a nifty plus, together with I promise that this together with my passion for writing volition run across me through the kickoff few months, which I’ve been warned are the trickiest.
I know it’ll hold upwards a challenge, I know I’ll convey moments that I’ll desire to run dorsum to the security of a regular wage, together with I may destination upwards doing so, but every bit I savor the opportunity. Even earlier I barely started freelancing, I gained a novel science past times creating my ain WordPress website. And that’s the beauty of this whole novel chapter – only similar blogging introduced me to the footing of social media, going solo is teaching me invaluable skills which tin alone exercise goodness the clients that I function for.
And finally, some other motivator for going freelance is that I tin focus on the other passion, Desi girl’s blog. I volition straight off hold upwards able to give it the fourth dimension it deserves, rather than plumbing equipment it roughly my work.
So straight off onto self-motivation, networking, together with to a greater extent than networking. Oh, together with I’m making sure that I learn upwards at the same fourth dimension as wife inward the morning, thus I don’t learn also lazy. It’s all also tardily to lay inward together with and thus destination upwards working into the evening. For me, that seems to defeat the whole role of the work/life balance.
I’ll hold upwards sure to dice on yous posted on my progress, together with of course of education percentage whatever advice as I become along. For anyone else out at that spot who’s gone freelance, or is thinking of doing so, build it touch. I’d honey to listen your thoughts.
Oh, together with if you’re looking for PR support, copywriting or whatever other shape of profile-raising, here’s a flake nigh what I do: http://hkcommunications.me/.