Ever since I launched my career as a freelance writer last year, I have made a decision to focus on writing for the rest of my life. I felt that I had finally found my true calling (aside from being a wife and mom!). I was really happy about the writing jobs I was able to find. I know there are some newbie writers who struggled for years before they could find regular writing jobs. I felt extremely blessed that that wasn’t the case for me.
I was hell bent on improving my writing and on finding more writing opportunities. That was why I attended the WAHMderful Life Workshop in January and joined its freelance writing session, which in turn inspired me to create my 2013 goals as a writer. In short, I was happy doing what I loved to do – write. I had a plan and was focused on making my writing goals happen. Little did I know that other opportunities would come knocking on my door the very next day after the workshop. It was totally unexpected but I guess, this quote below explains it all.
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I guess, God thought that I was ready for something more. I wanted more work and so He gave me this new opportunity. What is it? An opportunity to work with someone very knowledgeable in the field of study that I wish to know more about (What field, you ask? Allow me to keep this one a secret for know. Hehe!) What happened was that the client asked me to do one writing job for her. She loved my work so much that she said it was PERFECT! Now she wants to continue working with me, this time to hire me as her Virtual Assistant.
My first reaction was “whoa!”. Me, become a VA? Back in my full time working days, I had been someone else’s assistant, and I was pretty good at that job since I’m normally very OC. However, I have never been anybody’s assistant virtually and more importantly, I was now set on focusing on a writing career. Why would I want to be someone’s assistant again? If I had wanted to be a VA, I would have joined the VA session during the WAHM workshop. There are so many things I still need to know about being a VA. What if I mess up? What if I can’t do the tasks properly? What if, what if, what if? Still, this new job will allow me to earn more and again, it will expose me to this other field I wanted to know more about. So, I had a dilemma. Should I accept it or not? I had so many fears but should I let those fears decide for me?
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In the end, I decided to take the job. Why? Well, just like that quote above, I didn’t want fear to hold me back. My One Word for 2013 is EXPLORE. This is the perfect opportunity for me to explore something new. So I grabbed the opportunity and ran away with it. Haha! It wasn’t like I was scared that the opportunity will never come again. That’s just not true as the quote below says.
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Despite my fears, I know deep down that I am ready for this. I have the skills, the correct attitude, the discipline and the motivation to learn more. I know I can do this! Don’t take it to mean that I’m no longer into writing. I will forever be into writing. That’s already deep within me. I will always be a writer. Besides, the new job will involve a lot of writing too, which can only be good for me. As they say, practice makes perfect!
Right now, I am so happy and I feel so blessed. I am so lucky! I must have done something right to deserve this. I am loving being a WAHM, a freelance writer, social media manager and now virtual assistant as well. I guess, everything that happened in the past has brought me to this. God is so good!
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Wish me luck on my new VA journey and may my luck spread to every single one of you! 🙂
