How to Find a Remote Job That is Right for You

Katie Lamb
Nov 1 · 5 min read

‘’If you’re not willing to risk the usual, you’ll have to settle for the ordinary’’ Jim Rohn

Working in a 9–5 job will get you a wage, but building your own business will make you a fortune and give you freedom back! I used to be the type of person who was happy just to have a job and having enough money to pay my bills, go out at the weekends and holiday once a year.

The thing is, I always seemed to blow all my savings and I continually lived for the weekends. I was in this continual cycle of work, party, work, party and never really getting anywhere. I longed to work for myself, but I used to think only a certain type of person could build their own business and be financially free.

I guess all those years ago I just didn’t believe in myself. I had many self-limiting beliefs like; I don’t have enough skills, I’m not clever enough, I don’t have the money to train to do something else etc etc…

In reality, I just hadn’t taken the time to invest in a course to get the skills and improve my knowledge. I had spent more time NOT believing in myself rather than telling myself I WAS worthy and I could do this. Plus, I just hadn’t been focused enough on researching what skills I possibly could get myself to break free from my job and be my own boss.

When I finally did start to do some research, I realised there are many remote working positions for skilled and unskilled workers. And, it is possible for anyone to break free from the shackles of a normal job and build your own freedom business. If you want to get remote work, here’s how to decide what to do.

Decide If You Want to Be a Remote Employee, a Freelancer or Build Your Own Business

There are many ways to work from home or while travelling and these include; asking your employer to let you work remotely, getting freelance work or building your own online business. If you have a job in a field that could be done from a laptop, many employers these days are allowing employees to go remote so they don’t lose them. You don’t know until you ask, so sit your boss down and put your proposal to them.

Freelancing is another great way to start working online and you can find these types of gigs on sites like freelancer, peopleperhour, guru and Fiverr for example. Some ideas for freelance work you can do are; copywriting, editing, video production, SEO, marketing, social media marketing and coding. You can set you own rates and work on building a portfolio of regular clients.

Building your own online business generally takes more time, but it is the one that’ll make you more money and give you more freedom in the future. Example business are; selling products on a Shopify store, building a social media agency or affiliate marketing. If you want to make money online with your own business, I highly suggest investing in a course and a mentor so they can guide you in the right direction.

What Are Your Current Skills, Passions?

This is an important one, as if you’re not interested in what you’re doing, you’ll not put as much effort as you should into getting clients or building your business. We all have certain skills and passions and these can be built on to find remote work.

If you love fitness, maybe you could sell fitness products in an online store or start posting fitness videos on YouTube for a specific niche. Maybe you’re really good helping people and have great organisational skills? This could be applied to being a VA (virtual assistant) or being a coach. Have a think about what your current skills and passions are and brainstorm how you could turn this into an online business.

If You Don’t Have Applicable Remote Skills, Invest in Yourself

The best decisions I’ve ever made have been investing in myself and buying courses to increase my knowledge. This doesn’t mean you have to spend years doing a degree though! The first course I took was a programme showing you how to set up as a writer which has now become my full-time income.

I took a couple of other courses, which came to nothing. But learning what is not right for you is all part of the journey — we won’t all get it perfectly right each time. Learn to embrace failure, move around it and try something else.

The current course I’m on, is an affiliate marketing course with a six-figure mentor who is living the life I want. Investing in yourself and getting help from someone who has trod the path before you is invaluable and you’ll make that money back ten-fold and more further down the line.

Be Brave, Take Risks and Challenge Yourself

Letting fear and self-limiting beliefs hold you back is one of the biggest killer of dreams! Transitioning from a normal safe 9–5, to a remote position can be scary. You’re going to have lots of voices in your head and in your social circles telling you its not for you.

The thing is, if you sit in that comfortable, warm fluffy zone forever and never take a risk, it’s likely you’ll get to your death bed with plenty of regrets and ‘what ifs’. Challenge equals change and that pot of gold is usually waiting out there for the risk takers to enjoy. Don’t listen to the doubts — take a risk and see what’s on the other side.

Take Action Consistently and Never Give Up

When you’re looking for remote work or starting to build your own online business, it may seem like you’re getting nowhere fast. The key is to not give up after a few months if you don’t start making money, or maybe it’s taking longer than you thought to get freelance clients. When I started freelance writing, it took be about four months of emailing agencies daily before I got a response!

Now I’m building my own affiliate marketing business, I’m three months in and just focusing on creating content, building my tribe and connecting with likeminded people. I’m ignoring self-limiting beliefs and doing the things that scare me. I write my visions and goals down daily and have the determination to take daily action daily and never give up.

If you’d like help building your own freedom business, you can reach out to me in my Facebook group here.

Also, take a look at my YouTube channel for videos on making money online, affiliate marketing and digital nomad life.

Katie Lamb

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Affiliate marketer, writer, digital nomad. Currently in South East Asia. FREE affiliate marketing training webinar — https://www.earthcruisin.com/samhwebinar

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