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Mighty excited about a

vacation to the hills or the

ocean? Hold on! Are you

cool with maintaining your

e-presence while you’re

roaming around?

After all your freelancebusiness has to keep going!

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Tale of Freelancing

BOON BANE?FREELANCING! A sensational buzz that’s been ruling a part of work culture

for quite some time now. Be it working from the comfort of your home or

not being constantly pegged down by your bosses or being able to make

your own creative decisions – people get allured by the predominating

flexibilities that freelancing o�ers. Indeed, the apparent sense of freedom

is too di�cult to ignore! But having said that, there’s always an opposite side

of the coin! Let’s analyze those not-so-glorious sides of being a freelancer.

ABSOLUTE FLEXIBILITY – IS THAT WHAT YOU THOUGHT?1

READY TO MIX WORK WITH FAMILY LIFE?2

ARE YOU EXPECTING A CARE-FREE VACATION?3

HAVE THEY TAKEN YOU FOR GRANTED?4

KEEP AWAY FROM DISTRACTIONS – CAN YOU?5

HAVE YOU PLANNED YOUR MONEY WELL?6

DO YOU MISS BEING A SOCIAL BEE?7

If you don’t wish to be caged

by time limits, you might not

be the right pick for

freelancing.

Wondering why?

Most likely it’s your client

who will set the deadline

for you, and expect your

availability as per theirs!

You ought to show up

according to their

demands, or else your

business might be at stake.

Corporate life mostly gets you relaxed after the work

hours. Once you are back home, you may do away with

those back-to-back o�cial phone calls. But if you’re into

freelancing call it a bye-bye to 9 to 5 schedule!

If you have a laptop with you, work will chase wherever you are, whatever time it might be.

You might be constantly

expected to reply to

your client’s e-mails

and phone calls.

Worse would be when you’ve to open your laptop to do some assignment.

If you’re a

freelancer, you

might have

already cast an

impression of

you being

unemployed.

Well, there’s a

way of judging

it yourself.

While you might be busy with some serious freelance assignment, have you ever been nagged into doing some otherwise-not-so-important household task? It would probably take another freelancer to understand what you’re doing.

Like any other business, freelancing has its share

of ups and downs. The monetary flow isn’t

consistent. The wet land frequently sees famine.

Do you keep the tabs of social media sites and your personal e-mail open, while

focusing on your assignment at the same time? Do you get easily distracted from

your work, if there’s a sudden ping?

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But as a freelancer, be prepared to be away from the social buzz. You will be mostly working from home, and that too alone, without getting to mix with anyone.

It’s evident that corporate life is majorly

responsible for you being a social bee.

After all, we end up spending more than

just 9 hours each day at work.

Freelancing, being a one-man show, demands your complete attention. It’s even better if you are well-organized and multi-tasking, without a�ecting your main job.

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Hence, it is important to save parts of what you earn today, to reap the best fortune tomorrow. If you aren’t good with saving, think twice!