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The Story of a Content Freelance Writer ☺️


It often happens in life that you think of doing something but end up doing completely the opposite. Does it sound like you? Yes? Read on to find out my story.

While a lot of people may regret not being able to do what they always wanted, I don't. I did at one point, but not anymore. Your perceptions, aims and goals in life change with time, and they did for me too.

I had always wanted to become an engineer and my parents knew that right from the time I was a little girl. I would often break open my toys to have a closer look inside and study its mechanism or help my Dad mend little things around the house. As I grew up, I was more than determined to study engineering and so I did!

I spent some of the most difficult four years of my life going to one of the best engineering universities and ended up becoming an Electronics Engineer. Well, not quite. I managed to get a bachelor's degree in engineering. I did what I wanted to and it was like a dream come true. A happy ending!

Well, not quite. I just didn't want to study engineering, I wanted to build my career in it. Those who know me will tell you how determined I was, but life got in the way. I just couldn't do it....and you know what? Now I don't even want to!

During the third year of engineering, I was under a lot of pressure from those friends, relatives and even neighbours to get married soon. And then there was one guy who himself was a qualified engineer: the nicest person I'd ever met. Very soon we accepted each other as life partners after just a single 10-20 minutes of meeting together and we got engaged the very next day! Crazy, right? Matches are made in heaven they say, and rightly so.

Six months later, we got married and with a degree in Electronics engineering, I was set off to start a whole new journey of life with my husband.

When I got married in 2009, recession was at its very peak and people were being fired instead of being hired.

Was there a chance for a fresh engineering graduate like myself to find a job in my field?

 I didn't see any.

 But, I didn't settle down on being a full time housewife. I found a way out.

The best thing I thought I could do then was to start freelance work from home. I knew I was pretty good at writing. I had won quite a few essay writing and debate competitions during my academic career and was the editor of my school magazine too.

Initially, I wrote lots of articles related to engineering and common household problems and posted them on Triond. It was like blogging, but wasn't very satisfying. In fact, if I could go back in time, I would never have done it.

Next, I became a part of essaywriters.net but wasn't too happy getting paid for doing homeworks and preparing assignments, presentations and reports for lazy students. Therefore I soon quit it and with a bit of research found a more versatile platform for freelancers like myself called Elance.

Luckily, I found my first job within the first couple of weeks of signing up to Elance and received a really good feedback for it. Soon after, there were more jobs and my work was well appreciated by my clients. I knew just then that I wanted to continue doing it. I was loving every bit of it. The best part of it was the flexibility to work from home during the hours I want to. I didn’t have to invest any money and all I needed was a laptop, some imagination and some magic to use the power of words to attract my readers.

It's been nearly a year now since I have been working as a freelance writer. I have to admit I am absolutely loving it. I am a mum to a little boy now but I'm not a full-time mum or housewife. Working as a freelance writer, I am doing something I enjoy doing and find time for both my work and family with an amazing balance.

Some people still come and tell me I wasted my four years and my degree, but what I have studied will stay with me forever. Today, I may not earning what I could have earned working as an engineer but I think there can be nothing better than giving more valuable time to your family. I couldn't have done than with a full time job for sure. Looking back, I don't have any regrets. I love my work and I love my little family!

~A Content Freelance Writer
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