3 Massive Instructions From Failing As A Freelancer

1: Don't run out of cash in any way.

Most of my friends were looking for a job in the summer of 2016. On the other hand, I was still busy writing my dissertation and finishing my graduate internship in Amsterdam. As an intern at a small environmental consultancy, I felt like I was doing magic with a knife, while fate was uncertain. About a month before the internship ended, I presented my paintings to one of the employer's clients. Surprisingly, they liked my work so much that they asked me if I would like to challenge them. "Is this an offer?" I asked. "Sure it's mail, if you need it." "By the way!", I replied, and thus began the long and winding road of my freelance career.

Over the next few months, I did things that I had never imagined possible. I registered my own enterprise in the Chamber of Commerce, I made receipts, arranged missions, visited clients, visited manufacturing facilities, even took off my trousers and sports jacket. I worked hard at it, making sure my paintings were valuable to the patron. For the first time in my life I had something to make myself and I was looking for things that would take me to the heights. I had a crazy experience of optimism and I started planning for my destiny.

The first issue I encountered with my advisory rate was hiring a first rate Dutch language instructor who might want to buy. I have seen many foreign students struggling to regain their discipline due to language barriers. I thought that if I had any success with jobs or social life in this United States, I would need to do research in the local language. This has become much easier than completion, as the Dutch have an insane amount of dialects close to the scale of the United States. To make matters worse, within the West where I used to live, they move to English forever if they feel the hint of a foreign accent. But I will make my floor company stand like a rock. I can no longer switch to English, even assuming that I intend to have a 7-12 month old conversation with my neighbors for the next half year.

My biggest intention at the time was to land a project with the local municipality almost sustainably. I felt that there would be countless opportunities for the city, so I began to express myself and introduce myself in the activities. I later formed a team to create a YouTube channel on sustainability. I ended up attending a conference in Belgium to discuss liaison with the ECU, which was on its way to qualifying funding. But the journey failed miserably, and at that moment I began to realize that cash was flowing like blood through an artery cut out of my pocket.

With December's help, I spent all my profits from the freelance project. I calculated that based entirely on my savings, I want the best control by March, April. My rent has become too expensive for someone who is in dire straits. To make matters worse, there is nothing new on the horizon. Nor did I think it would take 6 months to land new projects. Furthermore, the municipality no longer seemed so curious about working with a recent graduate from abroad who did not speak the language and had no formal enterprise experience or close network. The company had no grip on reality in my initial expectations and I took strict lifestyle guidelines.

3 Massive Instructions From Failing As A Freelancer

2: When you run out of money, bow down.

Right at the start of the new year, it became clear that if I didn't get a project anytime soon, I would break up. The hardest part is that I wasn't ready to give up my dream of being a freelancer and do whatever I wanted. So I didn't see any regular activity. Instead, I doubled down on the municipal challenge. I was known by his name every week and I was rejected every week. I refer to them as my old clients, doubling down on getting the right knowledge of Dutch. I read every enterprise e-book I wanted to find and slowly started developing my LinkedIn. I also went on a few occasions and sooner or later I met a thrilling startup in Amsterdam. They wanted to work with me to develop an invention. But, when the rush started to grow, they no longer had the investment to do so, nor did I have the funds to wait.

February came and because of the expenses I didn't consider, I was going to use the end of the month to walk out of cash! What would I do if I changed? I didn't have to go back to Greece or ask my mom and dad for help. I wish cash and speed! But first I had to cut down on unnecessary expenses with proper diet and yoga classes. Rent bad later