The Untold Secrets of Freelancing
When you are freelance, everything is SFW.Out of inspiration? Take a shower or cook some pasta. Those stories about suddenly getting up to go walk in a forest amongst dandelion puffs and woodland creatures are lies.
Being in a crowd of people outside of your house will make you more annoyed than ever. Talking to a crowd of people will feel just like Twitter.
“Having a meeting” is code for “I am at Starbucks.”
A portion of your time spent online will be used to affirm that you are not alone in dealing with clients who are batshit crazy. The other portion can be spent trolling Twitter/Facebook, web designing, reading up on the latest tech and/or video game industry news, emailing clients, participating in intellectual banter on 4chan and/or underneath YouTube videos, lurking on many different design blogs, web designing some more, paying heed to the teachings of Courage Wolf, feverishly adding things you will probably never buy to your shopping cart on Amazon, and writing a witty post on Tumblr. In that order.
You can take a nap for three hours, suddenly go see a movie with your girlfriend, then come home and work until 4:00am. Or you can say, “My god, it’s beautiful outside today,” and commence playing a video game marathon, eat something, then work until 4:00am. The possibilities are endless.
Job security translates into surviving, monthly paycheck evolves into constant invoicing, electronica music replaces caffeine with the absence of easily annoyed coworkers, 6:00am transforms into 12:00pm, and limitations will cease to exist so long as your imagination holds up.
All told, freelancing is pretty damn awesome.
Disclaimer: I have never posted a comment on 4chan or YouTube. My examples should only be thought of as thoughtful speculation… yes.
