Alex Williams

I recently posted my real financial numbers for the freelance work I’ve been doing in the last 6 months. After taking a few weeks to analyze those figures, I realized I’m completely out of my mind!

So why freelance? What’s the point? Who does that? What are the benefits? Drawbacks?

I still believe freelancing is a blessing. Being able to decided when and how often to work is something many people only dream of. In my opinion, the point of freelancing is to take control of your life, your schedule, and live the way you want to live.

I’ve been lucky to live the life I’ve been dreaming of, spending months abroad, working on various select projects, taking fridays off…

At the moment, I think doing “only” freelance work is not much of a great idea. I initially started a company to develop web applications. After seeing that I couldn’t monetize those applications, I decided to freelance to generate extra revenue (to live!). Now, I find myself doing more freelance, and a LOT less work on my business. I’m not interested in pushing my freelance work into full speed either. That’s not what I had in mind.

Also, for those who are wondering, I don’t see it as giving up. If I were spending more time working on my business projects and trying to monetize and popularize them, then this story would be a LOT different.

With that in mind, I’ve decided to throw myself back into the job market. I already have a few companies in mind… although I’m not looking for a specific job, but I do have some requirements. For starters, I want to have the flexibility to continue freelancing and working on open source projects.

I know some of you might be nodding your heads or puking from disgust, but I assure you when the time is right, i’ll be back ;)

For the time being, I’ll continue doing what I usually do. If something interesting happens to fall on my lap then I might just consider it.

Thanks for reading!