does it make you happy

Does it make you happy

It seems like the dream, doesn’t it? Quitting

your day job to write full time? What could be

better than that? Well, for one thing, a regular,

guaranteed pay check. But you get to employ

your skills, while sitting at home, in your

pyjamas. The life of a freelance copywriter (or

any freelance writer) is one of give and take.

There are great perks and there are also

significant drawbacks. For the motivated, there

are some ways to enhance the perks and

mitigate the drawbacks of freelance

copywriting. So, let’s ask the

question… Freelance copywriting: does it

make you happy?

It seems like the dream, doesn’t it? Quitting

your day job to write full time? What could be

better than that? Well, for one thing, a regular,

guaranteed pay check. But you get to employ

your skills, while sitting at home, in your

pyjamas. The life of a freelance copywriter (or

any freelance writer) is one of give and take.

There are great perks and there are also

significant drawbacks. For the motivated, there

are some ways to enhance the perks and

mitigate the drawbacks of freelance

copywriting. So, let’s ask the

question… Freelance copywriting: does it

make you happy?

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So, let’s ask the

question… Freelance

copywriting: does it make you

happy?

Let’s face it: freelance copywriting is a great way of

life. You have total freedom, freedom to travel,

freedom to work where you want, when you want,

and for whom you want. You are, technically at

least, your own boss. Why? Because you answer

only to yourself, never to anyone else…except your

clients. But there’s no one to ask if you need or

want to take a week off.

THE PERKS OF FREELANCE COPYWRITING


All you have to do is, you guessed it, take a week off. Like

any other job, you’re not going to be paid for that week, but

you also don’t have to find anyone to cover for you, or worry

about someone else snatching up your position when you’re

gone.

If you’re not a morning person, you don’t have to

start work until noon. And you can do it sitting at your

kitchen table, in your pyjamas, eating a bowl of

cereal. Or if you are a morning person, you can

utilize those early hours to get through a few writing

assignments before the sun is even up.

You can head to the local café and occupy a table

for hours if you like the atmosphere, or you can

sequester yourself alone in your apartment and

enjoy the absolute silence while you finish up your

projects.


And you do, in general, get to choose who

you work with, which means you can say

goodbye to all those unreasonable

customers.

You can head to the local café and occupy a table

for hours if you like the atmosphere, or you can

sequester yourself alone in your apartment and

enjoy the absolute silence while you finish up your

projects.

THE DRAWBACKS OF FREELANCECOPYWRITING

Okay, so the freedom isn’t total freedom.

Most freelance copywriters report that they

work just as much, if not more than when

they held down fulltime jobs—for the same

pay. Plus, there’s great job insecurity.


If you’re trying to find work through a

website you set up yourself, you are going to

rely heavily on referrals and customer

reviews.

And while you may labour under the delusion at first that you

get to choose who you work for, it will quickly become

apparent that if you want to make money, you will have to

share your freelance copywriting skills with people you don’t

necessarily see eye-to-eye with, and even people that will be

impossible to please, no matter how many revisions you

provide for them.


There will be people that will demand that their projects be

moved to the top of your pile and that you be available to

them 24/7. And guess what? If you’re strapped for cash, you

might have to just put up with it.

WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY

You will have to determine for yourself if

the perks outweigh the drawbacks. For

plenty of people, they do. The long hours

and demanding clients cannot colour the

freedom of being your own employer.

You will have to determine for yourself if

the perks outweigh the drawbacks. For

plenty of people, they do. The long hours

and demanding clients cannot colour the

freedom of being your own employer.


If you yearn for nothing more than being out

from under your boss’s thumb, freelance

copywriting may bring you the happiness you

are looking for. But if a guaranteed pay check

and the protection of an established business

is what will make you happy, then freelance

copywriting probably isn’t for you.

If you yearn for nothing more than being out

from under your boss’s thumb, freelance

copywriting may bring you the happiness you

are looking for. But if a guaranteed pay check

and the protection of an established business

is what will make you happy, then freelance

copywriting probably isn’t for you.


Does freelance copywriting make you happy? What ups and downs have you experienced? Tell us

what you think below.


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