It’s a curious life that some of us live. Those of you that share this life with me, you know what I mean. Early mornings, late nights, no weekends, postponed showers, quick meals – the bliss and challenge of being a freelancer.
Though, most of us choose to say that we own our own businesses, which we do. But it sounds better. But I also think that there’s a distinction for those of us that work offsite, rather than onsite. Onsite is freelance, offsite is a business. Just because the business involves one person doesn’t mean you’re a (dread music) “freelancer,” right?
Wrong. You’re a freelancer, too. I’d be willing to say that if you don’t work for someone else, you are a freelancer. There are pros and cons. For those of you thinking of going off on your own, in any field, and becoming a freelancer, here are the top 5 pros and cons, surveyed from a group of 543,645 freelancers. (Note: there is a +/- error of 543,644 on this survey.) And the desert island, top five… are:
Pros
1. You make your own hours.
2. You are your own boss.
3. Your work days are based on your schedule.
4. Your level of success is based on your level of commitment.
5. You can spend more time at home with your family.
Cons
1. You’ll need to “make” hours, because there are not enough in your life.
2. You are just as shitty of a boss as your old one.
3. It’s amazing how much you really can’t fit into your schedule.
4. Health insurance is not free, no matter how committed you are.
5. The last thing you want to do at night after being in the house all day is be in the house all night.
And the kicker? Work long enough, and household diversions start talking to you, like the one on the left. It knows my name, where I live, and how much I really want to not pick out typefaces.
What’s worse is, sometimes you, as boss, have to kick yourself, as employees, in the ass. And that sucks, because you just don’t want to do anything – sometimes. There are days when you just want to sit around in your drawers watching reruns of M*A*S*H (I have seasons 1-5 on DVD, so that doesn’t help) all frickin’ day, eating slices of fresh mozzarella right off the ball.
But I digress. The trouble is, you are everyone. And as much as you piss off you sometimes, you’re all the employees you’ve got. I need these guys, even when they fuck off. I can’t fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up every day. That was four years ago.
I think I need to make a mix tape.
Brother, I feel THAT!
My PS2 calls to me night and day. People say video games are ruining the world. People worry about kids playing all these violent games for hours… Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?
All that mozzarella is going to fuck with your shitting anyway. You don’t need that hassle. You’ll just end up calling in sick and your boss won’t believe your story ’cause he’s you and you’ll have a falling out with your lover at work (didn’t anyone tell you not to shit where you eat?) and you’ll get no more handjobs from Rosie [Palm] and then where will you be? BY ALL THAT IS HOLY, STAY AWAY FROM THE CHEESE!!!!!
Don’t agree with the mozarella hating. We all have to die from something afterall and by the way never heard of any Italian dying from eating too many balls… oh smartie of course MOZZARELLA…
As far as the freelance situation we some got ourselves into… what can I say?! There are pros and cons but who has the TIME to think of it?? All we soldiers care for is to get the job (hand or not) done and get paid for it… hopefully in a shorter term than 666 working days!
Besides, who the hell decided that all around we should have 24 hours in a day/night? Who? Damn ass…
Petro I thought of another con you didnt post….no hot “admin assistant” to flirt with which leads me to yet another con because that also means no hot tushy’s to take pictures of and use as your IM icon…hmm hmmm…
and as i think some more you do have alot of distractions at home besides video games…so much pussy….cats you pervs 🙂