have been wanting to post something like
- life as a freelancer
- starting off as a freelancer
- myth about freelancer
- pros and cons about freelancing
or something of that sort
yet I am not even sure
how long I gonna last as one
6 months trial
should be fine to confirm
yet during the 7th month
was heavily stricken by this trough
survived June
while taking my very first
one-week break as a freelancer
nevertheless carrying laptop along
heaved a sign of relief
minimum target hit by
2/3 of June
then during the final week of June
the scariest period
came without warning
3 weeks out of jobs
like seriously less than
USD 100 every week
you know right from the start that
the process is never easy
from liaising with client to
completion of a task
to securing payment
even if it comes to a simple task
which is not even paying you that much anyway
yet nothing ever came as bad
3 weeks without hearing from major clients
half negotiated tasks were never confirmed
even the part-time job as an evaluator
didn’t have much task to offer
felt like an unemployed for real and
wondering if I should think twice and
get myself back into the job market
as the longer I hesitate
the more difficult it is for me to decide
the long wait was over
until the second half of the month
suddenly getting constant flow of jobs
new clients 1, 2, 3..
working on public holidays
working on weekends
waking up at 6 (in rare cases)
sleeping at 12 (in rare cases)
a total opposite from
the first half of the month
oh yeah
the good thing about this month is
I managed to hit the minimum target
without much tasks
from a major client
whom I heavily rely on as my main source
there come Aug
reset the income column to zero again
that’s one of the most
awkward scene I face as a freelancer
you will never know
who knows