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You Know You’re a Freelancer When…
Posted by Mj Monk
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4:21:00 AM
I got this list from freelanceswitch.com
You Know You’re a Freelancer When…
- You’re starting to grumble about your 5-step commute from the bed to your computer. The snooze button is soooo much closer…
- The car stays parked in your garage for days at a time and somehow you continue to grow without sunlight.
- You can vacation as often as you want now. Chained to your computer and phone, yeah, but hey: the ocean looks beautiful from here and yes honey, I’ll join you out there in a moment!
- Working in the buff is actually an option! Just remember to switch your Skype chat default to “Answer with NO Video!”
- Work begins stalking you around the house, skulking and whining like an unloved pup. Work is home is office is everywhere – ACK! I’m sure there’s a zen proverb around here somewhere…
- You finally remove all the fart jokes and Mafia Wars from your Facebook Profile because your playground just became your chief marketing and advertising venue.
- Laptop parties with your freelance buddies are your brilliant attempt at “having a life” and still getting things done.
- You catch yourself bouncing ideas off of your apathetic cat and your chatterbox four-year old.
- You start playing pranks on your unsuspecting canine because you miss the office shenanigans.
- You finally get paid for knowing more than the person who hired you.
- Strangling yourself with the laptop cord is a popular and approved reaction to client emails and phone calls.
- Friends pimp you out for favors: “Oh yeah, I have a friend that can do that for you. I’m sure he’ll do it for super cheap. In fact, we’re good friends, I bet he’ll do it for free!”
- You can justify anything to one client by simply referencing a vague “other client.” {Yes of course I’d love to have a 5am meeting for your East Coast team! Unfortunately, I’ve already booked that slot with my Australian client.}
- Social sites your old boss banned aren’t even fun to visit now because they’re actually on your Client Acquisition To Do list.
- You talk excitedly about the latest Wordpress plugin or Photoshop brush you just downloaded… and the barista was only asking for your coffee order. {“It’s just so lonely working from home, you see. Nice to have someone to talk to is all…”}
- You’re actually nodding and laughing right now, filled with that warm and fuzzy feeling that “yes, I still fit in somewhere.”
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