Comments on: Is it Really Possible for Copywriters to Work Entirely Remotely?

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:20:08 +0000

In reply to Katrina.

Hi Katrina,

I love your energy – and I’m so glad you’re excited about copywriting! If you’re not already, be sure to get on our email list so you can find out when the next Academy enrollment opens. (Which might just be soon… 😉 )

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

By: Katrina

Katrina — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:46:09 +0000

I would LOVE to learn this profession in the peace of my brand new home, that I coincidentally have decided to find a fulfilling way to pay for! The total vision in my head and heart won’t start until you grant me admission to the Academy! Can’t wait!

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:22:52 +0000

In reply to Aaron H..

Hi Aaron,

There are definitely challenges to working remotely (staying focused is a big one), but it’s definitely a very special kind of freedom. And working from a cafe somewhere – whether it’s the Starbucks around the corner or a sidewalk cafe in Europe — makes “work” feel very different, too. If you ask me, doing work that I enjoy and being able to do it is pretty much what I want to keep doing well into my 60s and beyond. 🙂

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

By: Aaron H.

Aaron H. — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:46:07 +0000

I’ve worked partially remote and I know there are challenges to working from home or outside the office. Distractions abound and motivation can be tenuous. But “reporting” to an office and grinding out 8+ hours of work is not the answer.

I’ve worked construction and skilled labor where you have to take the work to the job site The experience is a lot like remote work really. You bring “work” wherever you need to. In freelancing, you just need the discipline to recognize the unfinished project is the reason you’re there. I say “just” as if it’s that simple.

Anyway, having the freedom to structure my days around my own schedule, as opposed to my warden’s …I mean boss’s is the greatest appeal to me for working remote. That means ditching the 5:30 a.m. alarm for a more civilized 8:00 a.m., making a morning workout a part of my day rather than a squeezed-in, oft neglected obligation, and conducting “business” before 1:00 p.m. so I have my afternoons – my strongest part of the day – for creative work.

As to where? Wherever I damn well please and can still get work done! I don’t believe I would choose anyplace exotic, at least until I have a routine that I can rely on to get what needs to be done done. However, circumstances being what they are, I probably will have to work well into my 60s before I can consider retirement. Even then there is no telling I’ll have the savings for it. So I would love to be established well enough by then to work wherever I want and spend those years enjoying life on my terms rather than literally working to death.