Remote Work Freedom How Anyone Can Work Online
i remember the exact moment
i felt trapped by my career i was
working as an attorney
and we had an office presentation on
health insurance
the packages themselves were
underwhelming whether you picked option
a
b or c you were still sol
straight out of luck i made my selection
before the meeting and figured that i
could spend that time doing
other things it turns out the health
insurance presentation was
mandatory meaning that despite already
knowing what my decision would be
i was still being forced to sit through
a presentation
aim to help me reach that decision
okay no big deal i could just bring my
laptop and phone and knock out other
work during that time
no go the minute i whipped out either
one my boss
asked me to put it away it wasn’t good
enough for me to be there physically
i had to also feign interest for
benefits that i had
already reviewed and selected
i sat there for an hour not listening to
a word that was being said
but rather plotting in my mind the only
part of me not being held
hostage at that point how i would make
my great escape
because after seven years of higher
education a hundred thousand dollars in
law school loans and two different state
bar exams
i should have been well beyond the
threshold of adulthood
yet there i was being treated like a
child
i felt like i’d been duped being a
professional was not as it was
advertised
health insurance was just the tip of the
iceberg retirement plans
annual bonuses all of the perks we’ve
been led to believe
were waiting for us at the end of this
education and internship
rainbow we’re part of an outdated model
where people work for one company their
whole lives
have a big retirement party and go off
into the sunset with a hefty pension
that is just not the way things are
anymore
so if companies are changing why aren’t
we
the national institute on retirement
security reports that 66
of millennials have nothing saved for
retirement
as people start to live longer the
prospect of paying out lifetime benefits
becomes less and less appealing
such that only four percent of workers
in the private sector
rely primarily on a defined benefit
pension plan
down from 60 percent in the 1980s
moreover it’s estimated that social
security will stop
paying out full benefits by 2035
after which they’ll be cut down to 75
percent
let me ask you do you think that you
could live off a thousand dollars a
month in old age when you have
medications
special care needs and a restricted diet
i can’t even make that amount of money
work for me now and i only go to the
doctor when i need them to sign off on
something
it’s hard to convince people to
participate in the rat race
when there is no longer any cheese
so what’s the alternative well what if i
were to tell you that you could make a
full-time living online
doing something you actually enjoyed
with the flexibility to work from
anywhere
and set your own schedule
no i’m not talking about an mlm i’m
talking about
good old-fashioned remote work
april 2020 saw a surge of remote work
due to coronavirus
linkedin recorded a 28 increase in
remote job listings
that month alone suddenly
people who were previously forced to be
a warm body in an office
found that they could actually work from
home without loss of productivity or
output
those who were let go or furloughed from
positions explored alternative means of
employment
from freelancing to launching an online
business
in puerto rico for example one small
local tour provider
adopted by offering virtual coffee tours
accompanied by a box of samples mailed
directly to the customer’s house
previously tours and tastings were part
of an industry
that was thought to be restricted to
local foot traffic
after all you have to be there in person
to see the sights and taste the food
right
wrong not only can traditional products
and services be adapted to the digital
world
they can be scaled to reach
exponentially more people
so what does all of this mean for you
it means that you have options if you’re
looking for stability and job security
you can work for an established company
online there are remote positions that
fit
all levels of expertise and experience
from customer service agents to software
engineers
you can be a freelancer basing your
career in your talent
and capitalizing off the gig economy it
doesn’t have to be a digital skill
shared ride services and delivery apps
are examples of remote work that you can
do with an asset such as a
car finally
you can start your own business online
there are no gatekeepers digital
marketing has transformed
sales think about it it wasn’t that long
ago that door-to-door salesmen were a
thing
they made a living by canvassing
neighborhoods all day long
hoping to convert a few dozen houses
into one or two sales
we now have the ability to reach
thousands of digital doors
at the click of a button with a
customer’s email address
you have an open invitation into their
digital home
this means that whether you’re selling a
service or a product there is a market
for your business on the internet
your customers are there even if they’re
not
local everyone feels trapped by their
job
at some point the question is
will you stay that way if you have a
skill
you can find a way to monetize it online
apply for that remote position
create your freelancing profile launch
that website you’ve been dreaming about
working online is the path less taken
for now
but trust me when i tell you it will
make all the difference
thank you