--- title: My new freelance era! | daily.dev description: A personal story about transitioning to freelance work, including challenges, lessons learned, and the value of being a freelancer. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-new-freelance-era--twbjpirea twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My new freelance era! | daily.dev og:description: A personal story about transitioning to freelance work, including challenges, lessons learned, and the value of being a freelancer. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-new-freelance-era--twbjpirea og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TwbJpiReA.png og:image:alt: My new freelance era! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My new freelance era! **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 4 min read · 65 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A personal story about transitioning to freelance work, including challenges, lessons learned, and the value of being a freelancer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@darkv0id** · 4 upvotes > Thanks for sharing your story, but I think it would be a lot more beneficial if you added the part of how you get clients and how did you market for yourself without a website ... **@tobiasschnier** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for sharing =) > For me, the biggest value of being a freelancer is to have a better work-life balance. I find myself not worrying about work, when the clock ain't ticking. And for me this was a major upgrade from previous jobs, where often I lay awake almost all night, thinking about a problem, I wasn't able to solve. Now, I only think about work, when I get paid for it. **@henryooi0077** · 0 upvotes > Insightful story, thanks for sharing. --- Tags: [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-new-freelance-era--twbjpirea) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"My new freelance era!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-new-freelance-era--twbjpirea","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-new-freelance-era--twbjpirea"},"datePublished":"2024-05-13T16:05:28.418Z","dateModified":"2024-05-13T16:05:27.620Z","description":"A personal story about transitioning to freelance work, including challenges, lessons learned, and the value of being a freelancer.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6e4f8bcf808a9020e3947c56312f89d3?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6e4f8bcf808a9020e3947c56312f89d3?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-new-freelance-era--twbjpirea","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":65},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"ux,productivity,work-life-balance","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"My new freelance era!"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-new-freelance-era--twbjpirea","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for sharing your story, but I think it would be a lot more beneficial if you added the part of how you get clients and how did you market for yourself without a website …","datePublished":"2024-05-14T16:45:16.646Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/TwbJpiReA#c-Pq2kYYwY3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Chouaib Djerdi","url":"https://daily.dev/darkv0id","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xZ50uX4M--/f_auto/v1782911314/avatars/avatar_2R8u3w5SsXHmQTq3TKMIt?_a=BAMAMicg0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for sharing =)\nFor me, the biggest value of being a freelancer is to have a better work-life balance. 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