Articles on: freelancing

Life as a freelancer looks different for everyone, and it doesn't look very much like what non-freelancers think it does. No, we don't sit in our pajamas all day, and no, we're not kindly saying we're "freelancing" when what we mean is we're unemployed.

Despite a distinct lack of inclusion by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in their monthly figures, the numbers we do have available don't lie: More workers, both in the U. S.

[caption id="attachment_6797" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image: Chase Jarvis[/caption] At the tender age of 22, one of my friend editors gave me the most important piece of freelance advice I've ever heard: You are the product. Because being successful as a freelancer or creative entrepreneur requires a lot of things: Hard work, a few very supportive friends, and probably at least one credit card that you're comfortable putting some serious spending on until the work starts to pick up.

[caption id="attachment_5820" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Photo via PhotKing on Flickr. [/caption] Think you'd be happier being your own boss?