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Working Freelance Is The Best Job A College Student Can Have

Working 35 hours a week, plus 18 credit hours and campus involvement is 100% possible, friends

Erika Glover

Jul 01, 2019

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Working Freelance Is The Best Job A College Student Can Have

Erika Glover

As a college student, balancing a full time job and class can be tricky when it comes to scheduling, but i have a #LifeHack for all of you. Its one word: Freelance. Freelance work comes in all shapes in sizes, from one time projects to full time jobs, but it allows you to work remote for a company using skills you have that they need. I've mangaed to work 35 hours a week on top of 18 credit hours and extra curriculars with the help of freelance work. Talk about experience with low commitment. If you need more convincing, here are a few more reasons to work freelance.

What dresscode?

You can stay in your pjs all day if you want

Your office is wherever you want it to be

Where do I want to work today? My bed? The kitchen floor? Coffee shop or Panera? The world is my oyster

You have complete control of your meal breaks

Lunch with Jenny? For sure. Just let me whip something up before I leave.

There is no "office etiquette"

And no one tells me I can't blast my music while responding to countless emails

Schedule Flexibility

Creating your hours (for the most part) is a lifesaver

You're on your own in the best ways

No weird looks for dance parties as brain breaks like you'd get in your cubicle

Working at your own pace

You have a lot more freedom to work at your own pace, which includes brain breaks, creative retreats, or slamming and cramming at the last minute

Working at any time of the day

Energy bursts at 1 am mean logging hours and more money for brunch the next morning

You can be incognito and on the clock at the same time

Emails are your best friend, especially when it means updating from your temporary office

Flexibility to work multiple projects or jobs at a time

Part of the perks of freelance is that you can work multiple jobs without the hassle of having to iron out so many schedules. If you need extra cash, pick up another project to cover rent.

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Working 35 hours a week, plus 18 credit hours and campus involvement is 100% possible, friends

In This Article:

What dresscode?

Your office is wherever you want it to be

You have complete control of your meal breaks

There is no "office etiquette"

Schedule Flexibility

You're on your own in the best ways

Working at your own pace

Working at any time of the day

You can be incognito and on the clock at the same time

Flexibility to work multiple projects or jobs at a time

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Excitement (again)

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Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!

The professor starts to go over something more than the syllabus

You get homework assigned on the first day of class

There are multiple group projects on the syllabus

You learn attendance is mandatory and will be taken every class

Professor starts chatting about their personal life and what inspired them to teach this class

Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"

Everybody is going out because its 'syllabus week' but you're laying in bed watching Grey's Anatomy

Looking outside anytime past 8 PM every night of this week

Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week

Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not

Chips, apple or bread?

1. You own so many pairs of khaki pants you don’t even know what to do with them

2. Chips, apple or bread is probably your most repeated phrase

3. Taking bakery items with you out to parties was a must

4. Taking bakery items home to your parents was also a must (if you wanted to live)

5. Your friends expected you to give them free stuff

6. Being put on dishes made you question humanity

7. You saw everyone and their mother (especially their mothers)

8. Working the opening shift was actually the worst thing to ever happen to you

9. Being able to predict what people would order

10. Making coffee was your least favorite thing to do

11.Being put on the dining room was the absolute WORST

12. Secretly putting in your Panera card number when other people didn’t have them or want them.

13. You would still come in on days you weren’t working to take advantage of your discount

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3. Ask people's pronouns when you meet them.

4. Use the word cisgender.

5. Stop saying "born a boy/girl" about a transgender or non-binary person.

6. Stop using the term 'preferred pronouns'.

7. Stop using a transgender or non-binary person's dead name.

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