Why I went Freelance Full-time & New 'Be Free' Podcast for 2020
BOULDER, COLORADO | MORE ON INSTAGRAM: @FR33WATER
I’m not sure if this is the best or worst time to be writing this article but I am writing a blog post to outline why I’ve decided to go freelance full-time. The reason why I prefaced it with that is because we are nearing the end of the first week of the coronavirus outbreak and this has never felt like a scarier time to be a freelancer especially a freelance photographer. I don’t know what to make of this illness or what to think of this outbreak but I have already seen the drastic impact on the stock market in the global economy as the week has moved on. At the beginning of the week I didn’t think this could affect my freelance business but it has definitely trickle down and I know Creatives everywhere are feeling the pain of this medical crisis.
BOULDER, COLORADO | MORE ON INSTAGRAM: @FR33WATER
Let me shift away from that… as I can’t really even talk about it anymore and start to talk about why I decided to go freelance full-time in 2020. There is never a right time to go charging after an artistic dream or an artistic passion similar to the path I am chasing with adventure and landscape photography. However after working at a design agency for over a year doing their photography and social media I felt strongly that it was time to make a change and start to press toward freelance photography as my full-time career and business. Starting this business for me in 2020 has been a very unique year, with the crash of the stock market and thankfully a large photography project to start the year for me I’m a bit concerned looking at the future and looking at the horizon of this decision I’ve made to leave both salary and health insurance behind. At the same time I have to remind myself every day that I wasn’t necessarily 100% happy at my old job which isn’t fair to that company and definitely not fair to me... when you go chasing artistic dreams, and artistic career or a photography career you’re taking a huge risk and I am living that risk right now, this is a very interesting time for me but I am trying my best to stay positive and focus on the things that I can control.
BOULDER, COLORADO | MORE ON INSTAGRAM: @FR33WATER
Now that I am back to writing blogs every week I also want to draw your attention to a podcast that I recently started, in this podcast you can hear me explain some ups and downs and frustrations along the way of going freelance full-time... this is never an easy path nor did I expect it to be an easy one, instead this is a massive hike that I am just beginning, learning along the way and steadily marching toward a bigger goal at the top of the mountain. Why did I start the podcast? It’s time for me to try something new and one, someday the social network horizon will all change and develop and I can’t have all my eggs in one basket (Instagram) so I am trying to launch a podcast. It’s a way for me to verbally describe what’s on my mind, what’s going on and give out some helpful insight or tips or talk about some challenges I’ve been facing as I go for it, go for freelance photography full time.
One thing that I am most thankful for now that I am freelancing full-time would be my freedom and ability to just go hiking during the week day or go catch a sunset or sunrise whenever I want to. Admittedly, I have not taken full advantage of this privilege yet as I am still trying to get used to a new routine and figure out a new schedule that works for me, fits with my life and also fits with my creative drive and desire to be a successful freelance photographer. In one of my podcasts I described and strongly believe that the key to success when you are a freelancer is how you manage your time and what you spend your time working on - this is some thing I am still learning every day, something I have struggled with in the past but we’re all working on some thing and I know once I have a solid routine in place that everything else will fall into place.
BOULDER, COLORADO | MORE ON INSTAGRAM: @FR33WATER
Thank you for taking a moment to check out my new blog and if you’re curious you can scroll deeper on the blog to find my old travel blog and lots of great content about traveling the world
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