How to Work For Yourself as a Freelancer

Say hello to the worst boss you’ll ever have…you.

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As a freelancer, you have access to the best things in life:

• A career where you can dictate when and where you work;
• The flexibility to run errands and spend time with your friends and family;
• Choose clients (a.k.a. booting terrible people out the door)
• Sleeping in (let’s be honest)

However, there is the old adage “too much of a good thing” dangling over this lifestyle.

Too much time flexibility, spending too much time with friends and family, being too picky with your clients, and sleeping in too much…equals no career. No income. No more freelancing.

Truth be told, being your own boss (BYOB) isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.

Here is the ultimate guide to succeeding at being a freelancer and your own boss.

“Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It’s a really frightening life.”

-Alessandro Nivola