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Freelancing is the Future…Join Us
Our economy has been moving toward more independent forms of work for a while now. As traditional employment scenarios have come up short in terms of pay, benefits, flexibility, autonomy, and fulfillment the freelance economy becomes more and more attractive to young people entering the workforce for the first time and experienced professionals who are no longer getting what they needed from their 9–5. Freelancing, contract work, gig work, consulting — whatever category you belong to or label you want to use — has filled this gap.
For me, it was about control and being stuck in a system that wasn’t giving me what I needed financially, personally, or professionally.
I was sick of struggling…so I stepped outside of the system and created my own.
All of the ways that work has shifted in 2020 have made me feel incredibly grateful that I already work for myself as I watch so many people lose what they thought were forever jobs or realize that their job wasn’t really giving them what they needed in the face of a global crisis.
Crises have a weird way of making you rethink your priorities.
The crises of 2020 have made many turn to independent work, whether they made the decision on their own or were forced to by necessity.
