I've been a freelance writer since 1993. I've been out of the "traditional workforce" for so long that I don't even know what the current styles are in workplace fashion these days.

 

When I used to work full-time, I lived for Fridays and hated Sundays because it meant the dawn of another work week.

 

I enjoyed some of the jobs I had and made some great friends I still have to this day. FYI, for me, this was the best part about working in corporate America.

 

What I've hated about most of my jobs is that they ran my life. Let me explain.

 

 

I tend to be a pretty quick learner and a hard worker. I excelled on almost every job I had. So when I'd finish a project before deadline, for example, I'd wonder, why do I have to come to the office?

 

I finished the project, the other one is not going to hit my desk for another two weeks, so why can't I just take that time off and do what I want?

 

 

But no, you gotta show "face time" at the office. Many times when I worked for the legal publishing firm in New York for example, I'd be sitting at my desk with literally NOTHING to do for a week or two at a time.

 

But, BECAUSE I was a full-time employee, if I didn't show up, I didn't get paid. And this is why I knew that working for someone else was never going to work for me.

 

 

And this is why I hated Sundays. I wanted to go to Florida with my boyfriend for the weekend, or visit my girlfriend in Charleston for a few days, or just chill out at home and watch Law & Order reruns until my eyeballs fell out.

 

This is why I could never go back to working full-time. While I put in many more hours as a freelancer than I ever did as a FT employee, I get to decide the where and when's of my life.

 

I don't ask someone when I want to go on vacation (I can't imagine waiting to get permission to go on 2, 3 or 4 weeks of vacation a year -- when you think about it, it's almost cruel);

 

I don't worry about using up all my sick days and not getting paid;

 

I don't stress if I don't feel like starting to work until noon (I'm not a morning person at all).

 

 

If any of this has resonated with you and you're serious about starting a freelance writing career, NOW is always the best time. Why?

 

Because NOW is always the best time to start living the life you want -- plain and simple.

 

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