{"id":104,"date":"2015-01-08T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/?p=104"},"modified":"2021-10-19T15:31:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T19:31:02","slug":"i-did-it-and-i-know-you-can-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/i-did-it-and-i-know-you-can-too\/","title":{"rendered":"I Did It and I Know You Can Too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In June of 2008 I graduated college and while my fellow students were busy getting interviews lined up and their resumes nice and shiny in the hopes of starting the career we just spent 20+ years studying for,&nbsp;<strong>I decide to hop on a plane to France.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nothing-Impossible-684x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nothing-Impossible-684x1024.png 684w, https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nothing-Impossible-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Nothing-Impossible.png 735w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew it was time to \u201cbecome an adult\u201d and start making real money, but I had a big dream that I knew I had to make happen: to live and work in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There were quite a few problems with this scenario\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I didn\u2019t speak French.<\/li><li>I didn\u2019t have a visa to stay longer than 3 months.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of these things were entirely necessary to work for a French company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I decided to not let that stop me. I found a way and made it happen anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may have taken awhile, and I may have eaten a lot of buttered pasta along the way, but I made it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple years later, I had another dream. To work for myself, so I could live where I want and not have to go through the same experience of looking for a job everywhere I wanted to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There were a few problems with this scenario as well\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I didn\u2019t have any skills I could sell as a freelancer.<\/li><li>I didn\u2019t know anything about online marketing or selling myself.<\/li><li>I didn\u2019t know how to run a business.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, I decided to not let that stop me. I made it happen anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year (my first full year in business) I decided to make $97k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There were a few problems with this scenario\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I was a service-based business, trading hours for time.<\/li><li>There are only so many hours in the day.<\/li><li>Unless I raised my prices higher than even my design \u201cidols\u201d, there was no way I\u2019d hit my goal.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to not let that stop me. I made it happen anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I share this with you because we\u2019re similar you and I. You may not want to live in France but I know you want something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I just want to remind you that\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You can achieve what you want if you set your mind to it.<\/li><li>What you see others doing, you can do too.<\/li><li>You just need to decide to not let anything (or anybody) stop you<\/li><li>and then hustle.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019ll be hard. You may have people in your life that give you resistance. You\u2019ll have moments of serious self-doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But keep truckin\u2019. Because experiencing what you want to experience is what life\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your next big dream? Ready to commit to making it happen? Tell me so in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/freelancetofreedomproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Leah-Signature.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June of 2008 I graduated college and while my fellow students were busy getting interviews lined up and their resumes nice and shiny in the hopes of starting the career we just spent 20+ years studying for,&nbsp;I decide to hop on a plane to France. 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