People get into WordPress freelancing for lots of reasons. Some that come quickly to mind: for fun, for a career, to learn, to help out, or to make a little extra cash. All of these are great things. One common reality that doesn’t come up as much around WordPress freelancing: loneliness. It’s bound to come up, even though it’s an affliction that many people dare not speak of.
In the second half of this article, we’ll talk about specific strategies that I’ve successfully employed in my life to get past the loneliness of being a remote WordPress worker. But first, I think it’s important that we dive into a little more depth about what the upsides and downsides of being a work-for-yourself WordPress professional.
The Realities of WordPress Freelancing
What we mean by “WordPress freelancing” can go by lots of other job titles: “WordPress business consultant,” “web marketing advisor,” “SEO expert,” “ecommerce optimizer,” and a whole bunch more. I’m rounding all of those things into “WordPress freelancer” for this article as I feel that’s the most common term.
In all cases, I mean working commonly in WordPress, as someone who is self-employed and part of a team of less-than-ten people who work remotely (at a distance) from each other. That is: they do not have a shared office that most of them come to most days of the work-week. So that means a few big things:
- You make your own schedule
- You make yourself successful
- You don’t have a built in “team” for camaraderie and connection
Ok—now we’re ready to tackle WordPress freelancing and loneliness more concertedly.
That’s a great one! Thanks for calling that one out 🙂