尝试自由职业的5个理由5 Reasons Why You Should Try Freelancing

相信你一定听过“自由职业”吧？自由职业可以让你不再跟从老板的足迹、听从上司的吩咐，而是让你在自己感兴趣的领域闯出自己的一片天地。你也许会问放弃稳定的工作，去尝试自由职业值得吗？下面我们就来看看尝试自由职业的5个理由！

For me, when I started freelancing full-time, it was (somewhat) the case of following others, more than anything else.What struck me most was the ease with which freelancers work, especially, if one could get everything done with the Internet and a computer. But if that’s the only reason you want to become a freelancer then you’re in for a bad time.
在我开始成为全职自由职业者的是时候，多多少少是在跟随别人的足迹，别无其他。自由职业最让我动心之处在于它的简单易行，尤其是当我可以通过一台电脑和互联网完成任务的时候。但如果这是你目前希望开始自由职业的唯一理由，那么你错了。

Earlier we had an article about 9 things you should know about going into full-time freelancing, and if you have read it you would know that despite what freelancing has to offer, it’s not a career path for everyone. It’s not that we are discouraging you from taking up freelancing (full-time or partime), in fact the point of this article is to give you reasons why you should give it a go.
The first reason why you should try freelancing is…
之前我们曾有过一篇文章《进入全职自由职业的9点须知》，如果你读过这篇文章，会对自由职业将会面对什么有所了解，但自由职业不是一条适合所有人的路径。这不是在打消你成为自由职业者（兼职或全职）的念头，本文的主旨在于给出若干开始的理由。

自由职业的第一个理由：
1. To Satisfy Your Creative Impulse
Many individuals are just born creative and talented. They usually have a great desire to exhibit skills in some form, yet in a normal desk job, it’s rare that they could ever find a platform to showcase their talent.
1、满足你的创意冲动
很多人生来富于创意与天赋。他们很渴望以某种方式展示自己的才干，然而面对一份朝九晚五的工作，却鲜有展示天分的舞台。

For instance, a designer working in a software firm may come across a great design idea, but there isn’t really a chance to try the idea outsince he has to work within the confines of his jobscope or the project requirements. In most cases, even if he were to suggest that the team tries his new idea, more often than not, it’s just "not the right time to try something so new" – give me a show of hands if you have heard this.
Don’t Get Mad, Get To Work!
例如，一名在软件公司工作的设计师可能会有很好的设计创意，但他却不一定有机会付诸实践。因为他被工作范围或项目需求所限制。大多数情况，即使设计师说服团队图尝试新的创意，得到的答案也常常是“这过于新颖了，现在还不该尝试”，你一定听过这话吧？
别抓狂，继续下去！
In this case, you can put your idea to good use in freelance: produce a good sample and put it in your portfolio, or keep the idea in your "Idea Book" for a chance to try it out in the future, or just go all out and make it, then feature it in design websites or enter it into competitions.
遇到这种情况，你可以让自己的点子在自由职业中得到应用：做一个好的范例，并放到你的作品集中，或者把点子记在“创意手册”中，也可直接全力以赴付诸实践，之后把它推荐到设计网站上或者参加比赛。

2. To Obtain Added Income
There is no dearth of individuals who spend more than half their life grumbling about low pay in their jobs. No matter what salary you draw every month, it usually runs out way too early. If your job isn’t taking too many hours out of your day, you can use your spare time to work on freelance projects.
2、获得附加收入
半辈子都在抱怨收入，大有人在。无论月薪高低，难免月光。如果你的工作不会占用你的太多时间，不如用业余时间执行自由职业的项目。
Side Income
It’s a win-win situation: you get to keep your job and your benefits, and you can find potential clients for freelance work from your network of acquaintances.
There are many companies that prefer to engage freelancers rather than employ a full time in-house artist, designer, developer or writers. You can take advantage of that and earn yourself some extra pocket money in the process.
侧面收入
这是一种双赢：保持工作和收入，同时在圈子和熟人中寻找潜在的客户。 相对于雇佣全职的艺术家，设计师，开发?