How Elance Helped Save Me and My Health
Aviad Sar Shalom
How Elance Helped Save Me and My Health
We regularly hear stories of how freelancing enables workers to change their lifestyles, but here Stephen Sisselman,
a laboratory technologist and writer, shares his inspirational story of
using Elance to help save his actual life. When he made the difficult
decision to relocate for his health, leaving behind an established
career, Elance enabled him to generate income, keep his professional
skills sharp, and keep his confidence high in challenging times.
My home for the past 9 years had been New York City. I was in love with
the fast paced lifestyle, income potential, and the fact that I could
get food delivered to my door like room-service. I had worked my way to
an 85K per year salary in healthcare, promoting hospital based clinical
laboratory outreach programs and attempting to increase the revenue for
hospitals that were in need of revenue to help keep our local
communities healthy.
The only problem was that the air was making it harder for me to live.
At the end of July of last year, I suffered a severe exacerbation of my
asthma. I was hospitalized for 7 days. Even after being discharged I
had several additional trips for supportive therapy to my local
emergency room. The only thing that seemed to make a clinical
difference for me was to be in an environment that had cleaner air.
After taking two trips out of NYC and discovering that I was coughing
less and feeling better, I decided I had to pick-up and move. I had to
leave my job, my home, my friends, and my family and find somewhere to
live that allowed me to breathe. After much searching and one apartment
falling through, I found the town of Catskill, NY. It is a hidden gem
in NY, the lifestyle of country living including the clean air, with the
comfort of 24-hour stores down the road and a small town over-looking
the water only a mile away.
My asthma was related to a chemical inhalation injury at a job I was
working back in 2003. My workers’ compensation payments were barely
allowing me to scrape by and then were stopped. My confidence in my
ability to work and be able to do so without being sick was shattered. I
was petrified that I would be disabled for the rest of my life. Then,
upon a search for jobs that might be available in the area, I found a
link to Elance.com. I joined for free as a freelance writer just for
the sake of trying. Within 24 hours I had my first assignment; it was
$100 but the first money I had made in 4 months. It encouraged me to
upgrade my membership for only $10 to have the opportunity to submit
additional proposals. I started getting more and more assignments. In
less than 2 months I have almost hit the $2,000 mark, which has allowed
me to have some income to pay bills and depend less on my amazing family
for support.
Through this process, Elance has given me the confidence that my mind is
strong and that my education is valuable, that I am valuable, and
brought me to a place to be able to reach out and start thinking about
work again in a profession (Clinical Laboratory Technology) that I
thought I would have to leave. Through several projects I got to use my
experiences and fell in love with my career choice all over again. In
marketing and sales we always talk about making cold calls; with Elance
you get to make cozy cold calls from the comfort of your home watching
TV, petting your cat and sitting in your most comfortable chair. The
connection of providers and clients allows businesses to find resources
to help them complete projects in a timely fashion and obtain assistance
from people that have experience they never would have imagined they
would find. Elance saved my life. I thank them for their website and I
thank my clients on Elance as well, all of who have been gracious and a
delight to work for. The payment process is professional and allows
client and provider to feel confident that there will be an exchange of
fair pay for a terrific product.
I encourage everyone to sign up and just see if there is something out
there for you. We all can use a little extra cash in our pockets,
especially after the holiday season. This is a work from home option
that is real, and not a gimmick. From New York to California to Russia
to Israel, Elance puts people together to help each other. Thank you
Elance for what you have done for me and all the fellow providers here,
who log on in search of projects. Congratulations on a job well done!
About the Author:
Stephen Sisselman is a
Clinical Laboratory Technologist who has a Master's Degree in
Healthcare Administration. His attention to detail and drive to help
others provide the best possible healthcare is unmatchable. From
technical to creative medical writing, his work is outstanding. He
gives his clients a guarantee that working with him will be an amazing
experience.
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Aviad Sar-Shalom
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