Freelance travel writing – Terje’s story
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015 In Life of a panther By Jorn
“I lived in Trondheim for 13 years, and every year when the winter hit, I would say to myself, “This is my last year in this cold place”. But then studies happened, work happened, and I never got around to it until two years ago, when I decided to quit everything, sell my stuff and just go traveling, to discover what I should do.”
Freelance travel writing ever since, Terje describes monetizing his language assets in a very different perspective:
“I don’t really need a desk to work, as I’ve grown used to writing from the couch, the bed or the hammock with my laptop on my lap. For example, I translated 80,000 words for a big winter-sport website in a park by the river in Bangkok. I wrote product descriptions for Expert lying in a hammock by the Mekong river in Laos. Once, after relaxing for a month, I found a little café with french press coffee and free wifi in Kampot, southern Cambodia where I had an intense work week. I’ve written gambling blogs on the bus through Germany, and written about office furniture on the subway in Vienna.”
With nearly unlimited Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian work at Copypanthers there is always money to be made. Even though you always work as a freelancer, with weekly payments, you never have to worry about cash flow:
“If I want to take a vacation, there’s no need for months of planning, I’ll just tell my PM that I’m not working the next week. It’s freedom to live and work wherever I want.”
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“I can earn enough to live comfortably most places in the world by working under 20 hours a week; the main goal is to see the world and eat all the different foods I can.”At Copypanthers we meet a lot of interesting people who monetize their language assets through us to live incredibly interesting and inspiring lives. Today we share the story of Terje (36): the Gypsy Viking. Freelance travel writing for 10-20 hours a week, he lives the nomad life.
The Gypsy King working on some cultural exchange
“This is my last year in this cold place”
Terje signed up as a freelance writer and translator at Copypanthers just over a year ago now. Two years ago he finally took the step to leave cold Trondheim and start traveling, supporting himself with freelance writing and cashing in as a troubadour.“I lived in Trondheim for 13 years, and every year when the winter hit, I would say to myself, “This is my last year in this cold place”. But then studies happened, work happened, and I never got around to it until two years ago, when I decided to quit everything, sell my stuff and just go traveling, to discover what I should do.”
Freelance travel writing ever since, Terje describes monetizing his language assets in a very different perspective:
“I don’t really need a desk to work, as I’ve grown used to writing from the couch, the bed or the hammock with my laptop on my lap. For example, I translated 80,000 words for a big winter-sport website in a park by the river in Bangkok. I wrote product descriptions for Expert lying in a hammock by the Mekong river in Laos. Once, after relaxing for a month, I found a little café with french press coffee and free wifi in Kampot, southern Cambodia where I had an intense work week. I’ve written gambling blogs on the bus through Germany, and written about office furniture on the subway in Vienna.”
“The more effective I am, the more I get paid”
“I love this life of not having to wake up to an alarm, sleeping until I wake up, going to bed when I’m tired, eating when I’m hungry, and having a cigarette whenever I want. I love taking all the breaks I wish without anybody telling me to do something NOW. Also, freelancing appeals to me, because I get paid more the more effective I am, so it motivates me to live a more efficient life.”With nearly unlimited Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian work at Copypanthers there is always money to be made. Even though you always work as a freelancer, with weekly payments, you never have to worry about cash flow:
“If I want to take a vacation, there’s no need for months of planning, I’ll just tell my PM that I’m not working the next week. It’s freedom to live and work wherever I want.”
“Working under 20 hours a week is enough to keep me living comfortably”
“Through Veronica, an old friend from high school, I found out about Copypanthers, and now I feel I can earn enough to live comfortably most places in the world by working under 20 hours a week. I’m also a troubadour, so when I’m not writing, I play guitar and sing in bars or on corners, depending on the weather and the situation. I don’t really have a proper home anymore, but when all you need is a laptop and the internet, who needs their own walls?”Join Terje, get started today and get paid weekly!
Over 1/3 of the US population currently freelances, working contracts with one or more clients. Half of these people freelance on the side of their regular jobs, the other half full-time.Our dedicated sales team at Copypanthers creates thousands of hours of work every week. Sign up now to enjoy the perks:
- Hundreds of hours of Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian work available;
- Weekly payments to your PayPal account;
- Work whenever and wherever you are;
- Monetize your language assets