Why I Never Work From Home as a Freelancer
Quick Read: What I thought would be the best part of freelancing turned out to be one of my least favorite parts of this type of career.
I’ve worked remotely for four years — I haven’t worked from home in three.
When I first started freelancing, I was doing the nitty gritty. I was building a website, I was figuring out how to send Upwork proposals, and I was learning how to write content.
I would sit at my dining room table for hours, face to screen, working hard so that “Future Eva” could achieve her dreams.
Here’s that dining room table:
Four years later, I was sitting in a cafe in Los Angeles. Writing alongside my roommate (a freelance designer), he closed his laptop and started to pack his bag to leave. He looked at me and asked, “Do you ever work from home?”.
The answer is no.
This dining room table is where my dreams of writing online and traveling the world started. It’s where I learned what MailChimp was and how to use Squarespace blocks.
But, it’s also where I learned how lonely it was to be a freelancer. I don’t necessarily need to talk to people all day long, but I do need to be around them.
I now work from coffee shops around Los Angeles. I need to be around movement, people talking, and life flowing. I don’t find it distracting, I find it comforting.
What I thought would be the best part of freelancing turned out to be one of my least favorite parts of this type of career.
