February 1, 2010
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By Hort in Career Development
Yesterday I arrived at my temporary residence (my parents) before taking off to Buenos Aires on February 16. My life goal of being self-employed is becoming a reality before my eyes; the clock seems to somehow be ticking that little bit faster than usual… tick.. tick..
There are a lot of aspects to think about when setting yourself up as a freelancer working from abroad, but nothing seems more coveted than money, except free money! Coincidentally, I entered a contest (albeit easy!) with my friends at PokerListings last week — lo-and-behold — I won! Sweet!
This is the first time I’ve won any contest which makes me certain that indeed the stars are aligning and now is a positive time for me to be making this transition in my life.
January 23, 2010
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By Hort in Career Development, Freelance, Travel
As of February 17th, I have no tongue. Not so much physically as metaphorically: I’ve decided to move to Argentina.
The idea is to move for three months and use the opportunity to finally put myself out into the world of freelance again, it’s been 5 years since I was freelancing full-time and the World/Internet’s come a long way since. I welcome that.
My Spanish needs a little touching up is non-existent so at the very least it will be an adventure. I’m looking forward happily at the idea of being able to take some of my time back, work on more artistic projects, and hopefully get one or two of my own off the ground as well (a boy can dream).
Tags: argentina, espanol, Freelance, spanish, Travel
January 16, 2010
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By Hort in Branding, Career Development
Every blog starts off with an awkward emptiness post about the blog being launched, here’s mine.
After 5 years of a coming soon page and nine revisions of this website never going live due to the death of inspiration, I have given up the dream of a design being perfect and going with the last design, which was created well over three years ago. Sometime’s life just feels that busy. What a coincidental segue…
What pushes me to ensure I have a blog running right now is that I have decided to turn my life upside down. December 30th I gave notice in my apartment building, January 6th I gave notice at my job. I’m young and successful but missing direction internally and so have picked up, moving to Argentina and Freelancing from abroad. Something I’ve dreamt of for years, and feel confident that now’s a time when I can make the dream happen, if only for a few months.
My initial plan is for 3 months, and we will see how I feel nearer then. Alas, let’s not discuss too much, we have weeks before anything like that is needed.