It has been my dilemma for the past months to find the key to the gates of the Freelancing kingdom. I admit I was a bit adamant to change from corporate to home-based job. It was a little scary as I am used to the typical employee life, that is submitted resume - interview - training and the company will do the rest. You just have to follow the rules. It was convenient in a way, but after many years of being in that cubicle and bearing with corporate politics and stressful environment, I realized it's not working out for me. I am in the very same place as I started years ago, an employee who only looks forward to payday and day off. So I decided to quit and waited for 6 months. Yes, I waited that long because I don't really know what path to take next. Besides, I also thought it is the best time to try and get pregnant as we've been wanting to have a baby for a long time. Anyways, that's another story. So after 6 months, I started to take interest in freelancing. I would watch a couple of videos on YouTube and read some blogs about success stories on freelancing. Most of them are pretty convincing. And then I saw a Facebook post about a cheap package for a freelancing course. I took it because it's cheap. $17 dollars for all courses? who wouldn't want that? I was excited at first but got really disappointed after a week. I just felt I am on my own and didn't have the support I am looking for. Was it a rip-off?. I guess not. It just didn't work for me. So I decided to just get a part-time ESL tutor position and moved on. Then one day, I bumped into a post on my Facebook news feed. It was FVA Academy. I checked their website and read about their promos. I hesitated at first but took a leap of faith. I don't have the luxury to spend more since I just started tutoring and the fee is a bit expensive compared to the last one.I waited until January 2020 for the first class to start. I started with SEO-In Depth course under Coach Grace. I was "shookt", as per millennial would say, because it was new to me. I struggled a lot during the first portfolio assignments. I decided to also create my own website and it was a mess. I was just all over the place. Thankfully Coach Grace is always an email away. Even on chat, she is responsive. I learned a lot while doing each coaching session. I started to create my own calendar and write each task to do every day. I am managing my time little by little. I also started to do away with time wasters like mobile gaming, social media, and Netflix. I just set a separate time for them and on a minimum. After I got the gold certificate for SEO and then enrolled in SMM And Freelancing course. And my world is enlightened! I found the key! There a lot of niches I discovered and are discovering every after the lesson. Apart from that, I started to take video tutorials from different platforms. Learning is really fun. And so the next challenge for me is finding my "the one" (destiny) client. Someone I can work with for a very long time and possibly help grow her/his business. I got rejections, yes. A lot. But I don't take them personally. I am just happily waiting and doing my thing now. Discover!
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