For 10 Months I Did Not Have a Client, So I Quit.

I remember starting this freelance thing way back in 2015…

For 10 months I did not have a client, I bought some courses on how to work from home hoping I could have a designed life and get that freedom every freelancer are enjoying.

But sadly, for 10 months I did not have a client. 

I remember the look on my mom’s face trying to intimidate and question me whether I’m really earning on what I’m doing. (She thinks I’m crazy) 

So I made a decision…I quit. 

I swallowed my pride and began looking again for offline jobs, I’m an engineer so it’s not really that hard to be accepted.

Then after two weeks…a multinational company in Makati hired me. It’s a well-known brand that sometimes you see on the television.

Benefits are good. 30 days of vacation. 15 days sick leaves. Free Travel. Nice boss. Lovely co-workers. Nice dames. Huge Bonuses. And a Cold office. 

Something that every average mammal will be happy day-by-day. 

But there’s something weird happens…

I’ve received an email from a potential client asking me to do some work for him. He asked me to do some images for his brand, and he’s in the health industry.

Well...

I think for a while…because it’s just my first day in the company, I’m kinda bit skeptic in doing this again, knowing that for 10 months I did not have a client. (Total failure) 

But I decided to give it one more shot.

We scheduled an interview, it was at the weekend because I have full-time work.

He asked me to do a simple task for him. Just create images.

The brand is huge online. Its google traffic is somewhere between 3 to 5 million per month. And they publish an article every day so I have to make 30 images per month plus I have to double my time making images from the past articles. 

Then days became months, and months became years…

And then he decided to add more tasks…

He trained me as a content manager, then a social media manager, and then he let me touch his email broadcasting.

It was freaking HARD. Because I’m living a double life. 

I wake up at 4 am and sleep at 11 pm. Day-in-Day-out for 2 years. 

And to cut the long story short.

I’ve resigned after 2 years. 

All I can say is this…kung gusto mo talaga ibibigay ang para sayo.

But sometimes it will be given to you in a way that you’re on the edge.

It will test you, shame you, mock you, and reject you.

Not just by prospects, but your parents, relatives, friends, and girlfriends or boyfriends. 

But you will stand your ground no matter what. Because at the end.

Pag nag tanim ka ng buko.

Buko parin ang aanihin mo.

And you don’t need to feel the failure of failing 10 months and quit. Sometimes you just need a book to guide you in the process before you leap…

So have the option to open it here: http://kickstartyourpurpose.com/index.php/small-is-big-lp/

El Cruz 

The Man on the Chair for Ann's Email Broadcasting