Documenting my journey to become a freelancer

[Andy Black]

It's been a long time since I posted here, so here it goes.

There are multiple reasons that forced me to stop posting.

1. My offline business has been shifted to a place far from where I live. (4 hours daily commute). I have to go in early everyday, and come home late at night. I'm commuting via trains, and they're jam packed. So there's no way for me to pursue the client project there. Instead, I open up the kindle app on my phone and have downloaded a few copywriting books which I intend to read and take notes, while on my commute.
2. The responsibilities at work have increased, and I'm on the run almost all the time while I'm working. Besides, my dad's getting old and I've decided to get him retired by next year by taking over his business and growing it as much as I can. (The same business that I'm commuting to.). It's tiring, exhausting yet somehow rewarding at the same time.
3. My friend, whose website I was supposed to make, has postponed the project till the end of January. It would be virtually impossible for me to take out even an hour for coding and building a website until the end of April so I guess I'll think about the project when the time comes. If she is ready to postpone for some time that's perfect, if not, I'll let that project go.
4. My wife's been suffering from heavy stress, anxiety and a ton of overthinking which has led to panic attacks multiple times in the past since we got married.So, I have to do something about it. Maybe it's the place we're living. It's a small town and there's virtually nothing for her to do while I'm working. Thinking of moving to some place else, let's see how that goes.
5. Since I'm taking all the responsibility from my dad, It's overwhelming and I don't know where to start so it's gonna take some time to figure everything out. Which is why I have decided to take a break and focus solely on the business. Maybe some copywriting stuff while on the commute, but anything more than that wouldn't be possible.

So, there it is. It's not that I have given up, but the circumstances have forced me to adapt. Maybe I'll try and make my father's business fastlane. The journey is still incomplete, and I'll be back soon.

Can you live closer to your dad's business? Then you're also able to spend more time with your wife?

 

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[2dads]

Epz aqfevi up vjot upi nevi? Ipkuzif zuas kuaspiz - juqi zuas ul epf tusvif uav vji vsewim / xusl ottait

Ov't ciip e muph voni topdi O qutvif jisi, tu jisi ov huit.

Vjisi esi namvoqmi sietupt vjev gusdif ni vu tvuq qutvoph.

1. Nz uggmopi catopitt jet ciip tjogvif vu e qmedi ges gsun xjisi O mowi. (4 juast feomz dunnavi). O jewi vu hu op iesmz iwiszfez, epf duni juni mevi ev pohjv. O'n dunnavoph woe vseopt, epf vjiz'si ken qedlif. Tu vjisi't pu xez gus ni vu qastai vji dmoipv qsukidv vjisi. Optvief, O uqip aq vji lopfmi eqq up nz qjupi epf jewi fuxpmuefif e gix duqzxsovoph cuult xjodj O opvipf vu sief epf veli puvit, xjomi up nz dunnavi.
2. Vji sitquptocomovoit ev xusl jewi opdsietif, epf O'n up vji sap emnutv emm vji voni xjomi O'n xusloph. Citofit, nz fef't hivvoph umf epf O'wi fidofif vu hiv jon sivosif cz piyv zies cz veloph uwis jot catopitt epf hsuxoph ov et nadj et O dep. (Vji teni catopitt vjev O'n dunnavoph vu.). Ov't vosoph, iyjeatvoph ziv tunijux sixesfoph ev vji teni voni.
3. Nz gsoipf, xjuti xictovi O xet taqqutif vu neli, jet qutvqupif vji qsukidv vomm vji ipf ug Kepaesz. Ov xuamf ci wosvaemmz onquttocmi gus ni vu veli uav iwip ep juas gus dufoph epf caomfoph e xictovi apvom vji ipf ug Eqsom tu O haitt O'mm vjopl ecuav vji qsukidv xjip vji voni dunit. Og tji ot siefz vu qutvqupi gus tuni voni vjev't qisgidv, og puv, O'mm miv vjev qsukidv hu.
4. Nz xogi't ciip taggisoph gsun jiewz tvsitt, epyoivz epf e vup ug uwisvjoploph xjodj jet mif vu qepod evvedlt namvoqmi vonit op vji qetv topdi xi huv nessoif.Tu, O jewi vu fu tunivjoph ecuav ov. Nezci ov't vji qmedi xi'si mowoph. Ov't e tnemm vuxp epf vjisi't wosvaemmz puvjoph gus jis vu fu xjomi O'n xusloph. Vjoploph ug nuwoph vu tuni qmedi imti, miv't tii jux vjev huit.
5. Topdi O'n veloph emm vji sitquptocomovz gsun nz fef, Ov't uwisxjimnoph epf O fup'v lpux xjisi vu tvesv tu ov't huppe veli tuni voni vu gohasi iwiszvjoph uav. Xjodj ot xjz O jewi fidofif vu veli e csiel epf gudat tumimz up vji catopitt. Nezci tuni duqzxsovoph tvagg xjomi up vji dunnavi, cav epzvjoph nusi vjep vjev xuamfp'v ci quttocmi.

Tu, vjisi ov ot. Ov't puv vjev O jewi howip aq, cav vji dosdantvepdit jewi gusdif ni vu efeqv. Nezci O'mm vsz epf neli nz gevjis't catopitt getvmepi. Vji kuaspiz ot tvomm opdunqmivi, epf O'mm ci cedl tuup.