Building anything is always a tedious process. Something big like a company, requires sourcing for an office space. The right employees. Strategic marketing. Manifesting all those ideas buzzing around in the head, making them concrete, letting them take shape – bit by bit. There’s lots of effort that goes in – the body is tingled alive with excitement but sometimes, what it finds is just numbing fear.
Luckily, whilst building this website, I had the help of many lovely people: an awesome web designer, sweet SEO specialist, past and present clients who readily gave me testimonials for my work, employers who gave me the opportunities to work for them so I now have proud samples to show.
There were friends who cheered me on. They gave me helpful advice on how to start building my website with information architecture, feedback to make it better, took photos for me, and gave the always needed words of encouragement – “oh wow, you are building your own identity”. “Forge your own path”. “Tell your own story”.
Before this starts to sound like a lovefest (I know it already does), I just want to indulge that weeny bit more to say:
Thanks to you all – I finally have a website – a first step to the freelance career that I’ve always been wishing for. Thanks for all your help in realizing my dream to venture out on my own.
If you have wishes that I can help you realize through writing, translating, Mandarin courses, writing workshops – hit me up. I’m really looking forward to working or collaborating with you all at some point.