For the longest time, I had been working freelance. I resigned from my last job as spa manager almost nine years ago already. Imagine that. All these time, I had not been employed but would just accept jobs here and there. I am just not choosy, I take on anything and everything as long as I have the time.
All my life, I had been employed in three companies–a local newspaper, a cable company with a publication, and a day spa. That is in a span of more than eight years.
My longest stay in a company was 6 and a half years and that was in the cable company whose business was cable management, marketing, advertising, and publishing. I was assigned in the marketing department that also doubled as a full service advertising agency and publishing house.
I loved my job then–and that is what made me stay despite the small salary. However, it just got to the point that my love for the job could not compensate for the need of my family because at that time my father lost his job a few years before retirement and we could barely make both ends meet with my brother still studying in college. So I moved on another job, which made my life miserable with all its unreasonable demands.
Eventually, after not taking it anymore, I left after about nine months of tenure and had been working freelance ever since. No regrets there.
But because of my previous jobs, I have made contacts with clients whom I am still working with until now. And because of the good value service that I render them, my clients also refer me to friends so that, thank God, I have a continued stream of clients. God has never left me hungry or destitute. He continues to provide for my needs through my steady stream of jobs, big and small. Thank you, Lord.
