Funny huh?
Well, working as a freelance writer made me learn many things. I have written hundreds of travel articles covering several European destination sand with writing, I have crossed borders within the scope of my mind. I have learned so many things and learn places and sights I never thought existed in this world.
Here are some of them:
- Residents in one town of Greece literally found gold when German soldiers placed their gold in cans and buried them in the beach. The German soldiers hoped to dig them up when WWII would end.
- Malta, off the coast of Africa in the Mediterranean is richer and more vibrant than you think
- People from Tunisians look totally different as I thought they were ( I was so ignorant!)
- Some resorts import their golden sand from the Sahara desert!
This is the beauty of freelance writing, I keep on learning. I thought for a while that I can only expereince this when I was still teaching. We cannot deny that when you teach, you learn more. You learn about other people, and become more adept in your subject matter with insights from my students.
And now, as a freelance writer I feel that the book of knowledge is in my fingertips as I push the keyboards to fill a whole document. They say that time is the greatest perk of being a freelance writer, but knowledge comes next. With several topics, you learn – or forced to learn since you have to do some researching.
We always learn in life but with this life I’m into..there is more learning. I learn while researching, learn when I’m writing and I learn more in reaching out to my readers. How good is that?
This may be one of the reasons why I will stick with freelance writing. Perks may not be in monetary form but they are totally priceless…..
Happy writing!