HOW TO GO IT ALONE

Stepping out from traditional working structures to be self-employed can be scary. But, says Anna Codrea-Rado, you can make it work – and really love it, too

When I lost my job at a digital magazine in 2017, I was so ashamed. I thought redundancy was the worst thing that could happen to my professional career, that employers would think I was terrible at my job and that I’d never work again. But this feeling of losing control spurred me to start working for myself. I’d been considering freelancing for a while, but I was hesitating because I believed all the horror stories about self-employment being so precarious. What I realise now, though, is that I was telling myself freelancing wasn’t viable because I refused to believe it was possible to have my dream career – but that is exactly what happened. So, what actually is a freelancer? Generally speaking, it means you’re self-employed and you sell your…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2021

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