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About advantages of working as a freelancer
By Karel Kosman,
Freelance Translator,
Prague, Czech Republic
travel at kenax cz
www.islandhoppinginthephilippines.com
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Karel’s letters written during travelling
Letters written when working while travelling, part 1.
Above advantages of working as a freelancer.
After seeing all the domains you guys bought, seemed like you were throwing
your money around too much. But easy to do when setting up a business. I’ve
learned from experience the art of starting slow, lean and mean, and work
up slowly from a solid, bottom base. Everything else is hype and too much
excitement.
Yah, everyone jumps to the same conclusion, but my arguments are always
the same:
- for 15 years that I lived in Prague almost all my work was
through the telephone or internet, so I see no reason why that should
change. I’ve always worked from home and never met my customers, except
for a few isolated cases when I totally ran out of money
- now I don’t have to pay 14,000Kc/month rent, plus electricity,
gas and heating etc. It’s inevitable that things should turn around
for me, seeing I can now survive on 10 bucks a day
- if I WAS to consider moving back to the cold and out of my
truck, first I’d have to get there, then put down first and last month’s
rent, then have some survival money to last me a while until I found
some work. Then I’d work like everyone else, in some stupid office,
paying high rent, and barely putting anything into the bank at the end
of the day. So I’d probably owe MORE money, and take me longer to pay
everyone off. Essentially out of the question. Not to mention that I
would be absolutely miserable.
- and if I wanted to work in some geezard office, I could probably
find something locally in the sun, wherever I am, considering it’s all
EU and I’m EU etc.
But this construction gig in Greece could be good. Would still live
my bohemian lifestyle, and wouldnt have to pay for food anymore, so my
daily costs would become essentially zero. I’d have a good backup income,
and can stop working if any translation or other work comes in. So win
win I’d say. Now just to get there.
Have a good one bud.
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Travel Tour Guide in Europe
Island Hopping in the Philippines
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Karel’s letters written
during travelling |
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46. The ONLY Thai girl I am attracted to |
45. Miscellaneous letters |
44. I have always felt I will be a writer one day... |
43. About freelancing and travelling |
42. Thai girls are like demon possessed little witches |
41. Living on a mystical island of Koh Phangan in Thailand |
40. From Malaysia to Thailand |
39. From Laos back to Thailand |
38. How to publish a book |
37. Back in Thailand |
36. Feeling increasingly uncomfortable here on the island in Malaysia |
35. My belongings |
34. Staying in Malaysia |
33. About running a blog |
32. A short travel update |
31. Planning to publish a book about my travels |
30. In Thailand, God’s hand |
29. Getting ready to go to Asia. In the airport |
28. Escaping from Galia’s place |
27. About Bulgarians, earnings, plans |
26. Starting to earn more after approaching thousands of translation agencies |
25. About writing and publishing content online |
24. How to find really cheap plane tickets |
23. The girlfriend: would like to find THE ONE |
22. Still staying in Bulgaria but planning to go to Thailand |
21. Travel
outline |
20. About
translation industry |
19. About
female friends |
18. About
computer, online marketing, translation, CAT tool |
17. About
blabber - waste of time. About wanting to be a writer. |
16. About
God |
15. More
about software sales |
14. More
travel updates |
13. Staying
at a pension |
12. About
borders etc. |
11. Software
sales |
10. Travel
update |
09. Translation
job industry |
08. Partying
is a waste of time |
07. How
much they pay etc. |
06. Translator
charges, programming etc. |
05. Working
as a translator and travelling |
04. Travel
life |
03. Why
NOT to cheat Google... |
02. About
opportunities for working as a freelancer |
01. About
advantages of working as a freelancer |
Working While Travelling |
26. Gone
treeplanting (September 8, 2008) |
25. First
friends visiting me to Cyprus (February 29, 2008) |
24. Staying
in Cyprus (December 09, 2007) |
23. Escaping
the Cyprus heat (February 8, 2007) |
22. Escape
from boredom (February 8, 2007) |
21. Barelling
to Bodrum (November 20, 2006) |
20. Staying
in Stoliv, Montenegro (October 2, 2006) |
19. Arriving
to Montenegro (August 22, 2006) |
18. Traveling
through Croatia (August 9, 2006) |
17. The
trip begins - off to Croatia! (2006) |
16. How
to Live in a Caravan |
15. How
to Connect to Internet While Traveling |
14. How
to construct a caravan - Beautification |
13. How
to use solar panels to electrify your caravan |
12. How
to construct a caravan |
11. Designing
the caravan |
10. Back
to Czech - buying a travel van (April 10, 2004) |
9. Mexico
Trip - Off to Yosemite and Beyond (December, 2003) |
8. Mexico
Trip - Getting a Driver’s License (December, 2003) |
7. How
to Buy a Used Car (December, 2003) |
6. Mexico
Trip (December 14, 2003) |
5. Traveling
through Bulgaria (July 20 - Aug. 4, 2002) |
4. Czech
Republic: My Reflections |
3. My
life in Prague |
2. My
flat in Prague |
1. Dream
of working while travelling |
Published - August 2012
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