1 day before freelancing
The most successful freelancer in the world, guru downshifting Ernie Zielinski over the concept of "career" openly mocks: the names of his books speak for themselves: "Joy without difficulty", "Success without office slavery", "Tao Lentya." Having finished the next work, glorifying freedom from routine, he sends the first copy to one of the former superiors. Any of his works, especially "Success without office slavery", with a cover for the color of a green apple setting up for an independent life, can be advised to someone who only thinks about freelancing, and a former freelancer who began to doubt and lose heart. Zelinski can cheer up free singles: "You wake up in the morning when you want, you go to sleep when you want, but in the interval you work and play as you want." This is true, but not only joy and fun await you in freelancing.
Often, it seems that everything in life has frozen, and there is a desire to commit an impulsive act. And then you quit "to nowhere", telling colleagues and boss everything that you think about them. And then you regret the child's act, after all, after slamming the door, you dive into adulthood, which is not yet ready. Being a free person, even if it's just freedom from the work schedule, is quite hard work. The same Zelinsky advises not to be hacked and well prepared for care - to begin with clearly define your career goals: "Once you clearly formulate your understanding of success - it will become clear to you whether you really want to escape from office slavery."
Guide to action
If you decided to apply for leave, do not quarrel with colleagues and superiors - getting to know them will be useful to you.
Prepare for free life financially. At the beginning of orders there may be little, and a certain amount on the deposit will allow paying bills.
1 -7 day of freelancing
In our article on the subject - I'm a freelancer, or how to permanently leave the office, you have to remember that when you go to freelance, voluntarily or compulsorily, you take full responsibility for the future. Therefore, prepare for the fact that the actions that previously committed on the machine, will turn into complex tasks. From now on, you will start to decide, set the alarm at 7 or 10 am, have breakfast, and then check the mails or immediately plunge into business.
In addition, at the beginning of the free flight of the freelancer, usually involves laziness. I want to do nothing - just sleep, walk and watch TV. For those whose work is connected with stress, dismissal will be a pleasant opportunity to enjoy predictability, monotony and even boredom. The main thing is that this condition does not last. If you completely give yourself up to the first impulse, after a couple of weeks you will not want to, not only go to meetings with clients, but also just leave the house. The desire to relax for a while can arise in anyone, and it's not bad, because it's important to regulate your condition, alternating work with rest. But it will not be easy for a chaotic and uncertain person to organize themselves.
If the concentration is not your distinguishing feature, start keeping a daily schedule and plan the day in detail at least a month before going freelance. Do yoga. Daily practice will bring order to the thoughts and teach the concentration.
Making friends
When the day is no longer filled with countless other people's errands, there is a rare chance to look at oneself from the outside. And you can find with annoyance that I wasted my time in the office for absolutely uninteresting and unnecessary, by and large, cases. Such a critical reassessment is always painful, but extremely useful: it will allow you to understand what you want to do here and now. If you do not get pleasure from accounting, which was engaged in the last three years, do not expect that now it will start to bring you joy. Make a hobby a source of income. Then you will treat your own business more carefully - serve and play it simultaneously. And really feel happy.
After spending a few days alone and defining new life and career goals, begin to expand the circle of communication. You will have to re-create your own social network, because most of the acquaintances still spend their days in the office.
Ernie Zielinski is sure that "real success is impossible without real friends", but, in his opinion, former colleagues can not become them. To determine the friendship at work, Western psychologists use the term "co-operation", introduced by the sociologist Jen Jager, which inevitably ends after the dismissal. And although in many Russian companies the relationship is almost family, sometimes "the freelancer feels unnecessary, unclaimed simply because it is not included in a common list. Therefore, after the declaration of independence you will need support. Warm relations with relatives are a necessary resource for a free-man career.
Assign a meeting to friends and acquaintances whom you could not see because of work. It is a wide range of communication allows the freelancer to find orders. Do not load yourself too much because of fear of meeting unpleasant thoughts. You already took the first step to yourself, leaving the office, do not stop there! During the day, take a time-out - go for a short walk, do a five-minute meditation.
We plan growth
After a successful month of working on a free schedule, one will continue to sit at home, carrying out more or less interesting orders, and will be content with a small amount of money, and the other decides to take a risk - he will open his own business and as a result will get a big profit. In any case, determine the direction of further development. Now you can turn yourself into a brand and start selling unique services more. After there is a clear growth strategy, boredom and doubt will go away.
There is no stability on freelancing: today you earned a new computer, and tomorrow you barely scraped the metro pass. But he teaches us to live here and now, to trust the world. And still: there are no more Mondays, alarm clocks and chiefs. And when friends complain that tomorrow they go to work, you are happy that for you it does not matter.
Guide to action
Be ready to criticize others. Treat it like a good lesson. Now you know your shortcomings, which means you can work on them. And do not forget to praise yourself for every achievement, even if it's just a timely report or a successful sketch. Of small victories is a great success.