Myself and my friend Radha were teaching in a private school. School was paying us a good salary, but of course not at to level of Govt. school teacher's grade. Radha was very much upset with this issue. I used to tell “dear Radha, just forget it, dear. Time is not with us, so we should forget this issue for the time being”.
As luck would have it, pandemic 2020 started. School started online classes for students; consequently, school diminished teachers’ pay packets by a significant amount. And Radha, I missed out on teaching our dear student # face-to-face, talking to our other respected teachers in person. Our senior teachers were our # backbone. They gave us such good # advice, which I and dear Radha cherish till today. We were not happy. We were missing out on meeting students, their parents, making friends, and attending educational conferences.
We decided to put our hands on as # freelancers, and it was initially very difficult work for us. We had to create our own opportunities to socialize, regardless of whether we work at a co-working place or talk to random strangers on the street (which is quite difficult in quite a few pockets of our town).
Some may say, since we were an #introvert & didn’t care about socializing, that’s why we found it difficult. But involving ourselves in freelancing, we realized we still need to interact with people to remain sane. We also understood that one big requirement of freelancing is that one absolutely must have a monetizable skill; unless one can solve someone else’s woes, nobody is going to pay one.
We were offered multiple job opportunities, but we were hesitant to take them on as the pay packet offered did not make sense to us from a financial perspective.
We were in a fix. We decided to take up private school teaching, and at the same time, as and when we get time, we must learn tricks of #freelancing. With that determination, my dear Radha and I sought blessings of God for unique freelancing!!!
Now COVID is over. My dear Radha, we are down to the big question: should we freelance, or keep teaching in a private school and enjoy the same?
Moral of the Story-Well, even though our experience with freelancing was mostly positive, we would encourage everyone to weigh the pros & cons and test out the freelancing waters.
Sukarma Thareja
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