One of my hobbies is writing. To learn more about the craft, I joined a fantasy writer's forum. A recurring question of fellow authors is whether you can really make money by writing. One day, someone answered that you can earn a bit on the side by doing freelance work as a ghost-writer. That got me curious and in December 2016, I registered and offered my services as a translator.
I still don't understand how I got so lucky, but I received an invitation to do a job almost immediately. After that first assignment, I forgot about Upwork a bit, until last February. I'd had an operation, was "sentenced" to stay at home for 6 weeks. Resting and healing quickly became boring. I wanted to write, but since the cancer diagnosis back in November, I'd suffered from a massive writer's block.
I'm not sure why I thought of Upwork, but I visited the site, browsed some jobs, sent offers… It's not difficult to guess what happened after that.
At present, I work hard on becoming a more successful freelancer and hope to one day resign from my day-job where a bore-out is impending. My boss is under the misapprehension that filling my days to the brim with chores a five-year-old can do, is all it takes to keep me satisfied. I'm a secretary with 35 years of experience and fluent in four languages, for crying out loud!
As far as I'm concerned, Upwork is a life-saver, with sometimes truly challenging jobs to do. Those 5 star reviews and accompanying words of praise boost my confidence and show me that I'm on the right track. Plus, I'm writing again, not as much as I used to, but start is there. Things are looking up!
