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I've been full-time freelance writing for 18 months now, and have worked up to a pretty good MRR (~$11k). Still, I don't love the work:
- Client work is often boring and repetitive, leading to a feeling of stagnation.
- Writing all day leaves you drained, making it difficult to do any personal writing.
- I got into freelancing because I wanted to be self-employed, but are you really self-employed if somebody is giving you task after task?
Overall, it's been a good experience and it's kept the lights on for the last year and a half, but now I'm trying to pivot into SaaS for a new challenge.
Well the point is that you have control over your work. You can ditch a client if you don't like working there.. you can have gaps between gigs without the need to tell anyone, etc.
Maybe you should consider working on short-term projects or part-time.
true, what kind of freelancing have you done?