Be thankful for your Freelance Writing Career
I wanted to take a different angle on today’s post. While I usually give advice on how to better your writing, this time around I thought I would talk about why you should be thankful for your career. It is very easy to take your freelance writing career for granted. After you work this job for so long you begin to forget just how much better it is than sitting in an office everyday from 9 – 5.
Why are you thankful for your freelance writing career? Everybody is sure to have a different answer to this question. Here are three of my top answers:
1. Freedom. Above all else, I love the fact that I control my own career. I choose my hours, and I am the one in charge of my earnings. Simply put, when you work as a freelance writer you have the freedom to do what you want. You now have your own business, and the only boss is you!
2. Good income potential. I always say that money is not the best reason to become a freelance writer. But when it comes down to it the income potential is great. Once again, you cannot compare this detail to working a 9 – 5. As a freelance writer there is no cap on how much you can earn; there is nobody standing in your way.
3. It is fun! I would not work as a freelance writer if it was boring. I always wanted to be a writer, and doing so on a freelance basis makes it very interesting.
Why are you thankful for your freelance writing career? You may share some or all of the ideas above. I would love to hear your thoughts on this!Â
August 18th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Freedom has been most important to me. Being a freelance writer allowed me to travel around the western United States in a van with my two golden retrievers for nearly a year. It also allows me to live wherever I want. I lived on Kaua’i in Hawaii for three years in the late 1990s, and since then I’ve primarily lived in small towns or rural areas of northern California.
August 18th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I’m still at the beginning stages of my freelance career. I’ve yet to make any steady money from it, as I’m still figuring out markets, types of writing, etc. But the money I’ve made from my writing, while not always stellar, gives me the impetus to continue. It’s mine. I did it.
And I get to hang out with my Cardigan Welsh Corgi all day long. If we want to go to the dog run in the middle of the day, we do. Freedom.
As I start out on this journey, anything is possible. I have the choice to live where I want, write what I want. Freedom of choice. It’s a beautiful thing.