Rethinking what we can offer
For adventurous folks who are graduating, retiring, or anywhere else in their lives, freelancing opens possibilities across the whole realm of gathering, packaging, and disseminating information.
The Fun of Freelancing! offers encouragement, suggestions, and exercises to cultivate a freelance frame of mind and a readiness to explore. Once we know where we want to go, we find connections or they find us.
We all know how to google, and wikipedia counts among the most generic sources. For a quick start anyway, here are a basic definition and list of fields from wikipedia's page on freelancing.
What is freelancing?
"A freelancer ... is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor ... Others are completely independent."
Who can freelance?
"Fields where freelancing is common include: music, journalism, publishing, screenwriting, filmmaking, ... photojournalism, ... editing, event planning, ... copy editing, proofreading, indexing, copywriting, computer programming, web design, graphic design, website development, consulting, tour guiding, video editing, video production and translating."
We could add teaching, tutoring, and much else. Everyone has something to offer. While freelancing a talent, skill, or interest isn't for everyone, it is well worth exploring for lots of people -- maybe you? The next pages might help you decide.