![]() ![]() I think it’s necessary to be willing to adapt though. I was working across time zones, in transit to a new place every few days, and the outlay of any given day was fully dependent on how late the local wi-fi cafe was open. Within a year of transitioning to remote work, I gave up my apartment in New York and started traveling. ![]() In the early days of my transition to remote work I was more excited by variety than establishing new routines. I tend to think back on it as a total leap into the abyss, but it was a highly managed transition. It was terrifying in a way, but the reality is that I had already lined up 2-3 clients, established a great support network in New York, and a strong base of freelance sources. The economy was still recovering from a recession, and it was technically a terrible time to leave a steady job. In 2010 I left the agency and took two months off to travel to South Africa, using that trip as a jumping off point into full-time freelance and remote work. The rigidity of office work didn’t feel right to me, and I felt that I could be a lot more productive working on my own schedule and timeline. Once it became clear that I could support myself with freelance work, I knew immediately that I wanted to take the leap. I’d ventured into digital design in my free time, and started picking up freelance projects. ![]() This is around the launch of the iPhone, digital design was changing rapidly and remote work was starting to become a more viable option. I was mostly creating in-venue environmental activations for Coca-Cola. After graduating from design school, I started my career working for an agency in California, where I worked for about two years before I was relocated to New York. ![]()
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