Can you survive your life on Freelancing work?

 I have been freelancing for over 2 decades now. It is not a smooth ride. Some days are good and some days are not so good, average to say the least but one thing is noteworthy here. I’ve been self-employed and I did not feel the urge to look for a full-time job ever since I’ve been working on the internet and working as a freelancer.

The Internet is a great medium. Very powerful to say the least. The stories such as Singles’ Day sales of Alibaba convince me that the best is yet to come. I can see more opportunities coming on the internet with the introduction of 5G all over the world. The spectrum lays down a huge and equal, leveled playing field for those who are willing to cash it with both hands.

As a freelancer, one of the most important things that pave a long way towards your success is time management.

Self-employment is not easy, it requires the same level of commitment of time and effort as one is required for a 9 to 5 job.

Staying on the clock, following a timetable could be tough, especially, when you are on your own in your home office with no other individual to support you for work. It requires discipline to continuously hunt for new projects, communicating with clients, managing time for completing existing projects on time while staying on the budget.

I’ve observed, another prime reason why some freelancers are compelled to go back to full-time jobs is that they get the projects done but they do not deliver them on time.

The time lag weighs in heavily in disrupting the bad schedule and then you get caught in a vicious circle of poor project management. This happens because you win new projects but you are unable to deliver the old ones on time.

A freelancer can make a living on freelancing alone. Yes, they can. I’ve been there, done that.