Why do people choose to become a freelancer?

What is Freelancer?

According to dictionary.com, freelancer is a person who works as a writer, designer, performer, or the like, selling work or services by the hour,day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer.

From thebalancesmb, freelancing is a fast and affordable way of starting a work being you as the own boss and working from the comfort of your home.

Some of the most common freelance opportunities include:

• Accounting/Bookkeeping

• Graphic Design

• Project Management

• Social Media Manager

• Teaching/Tutoring

• Virtual Assistant

• Web Design/Development

• Writing

Benefits of being a freelancer?

Being a freelancer is not an easy job. Freelancer earnings will always be based on the number of task and hours of work you have done in one or more client in a period of time. Freelancers don’t have a benefits and insurances unlike the employee from private company and government organization. On the contrary, there is also a benefits of being a freelancer based on a survey by FlexJobs.

1. Flexible schedule

You are not forced to work from 9 am to 6 pm everyday because as a freelancer, you can work anytime of the day. You have more time to spend with your family and do other household task.

2. Work-life balance

We all know that working everyday sometimes brought stress in our life. We communicate to other people and adopt the changes in our work environment. Employees from a private companies have a strict schedule they need to follow leaving them small flexibility. That is why work - life balance is important as we can manage our own schedule giving us more time to do important things or needs and wants in our life.

3. Freedom to work where I choose

Being a freelancer, you have the freedom to choose a place for your work to be done. You can either work from home or in any other place you want like in a cafeteria or coffee shop. This can also lessen the expenses to pay for a transportation fee everyday when going to an office.

4. Not commuting

In freelancing, you don't have to commute everyday just to go to your work. Commuting is very expensive. In addition, commuting is so stressful because of dealing in everyday traffic which makes a delay in getting to work.

5. Self-development

You have to put up in your mind that freelancer is also like a regular employee from a private or government organization where in you have to work hard and motivate yourself to do your job well, mostly important is to improve your knowledge and skills for a continued growth for you to aim a good feedback from a client, future work and better income that can satisfy your needs.

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