The Best Online Job Boards for Freelancers

I distinctly remember scrolling Instagram a few years back and seeing a woman who was ‘going on a daytime hike on a random Tuesday’ (that seemed to be the hot financial-freedom phrase of the moment). I wanted to be her SO bad.

It wasn’t that I hated my job or didn’t want to work; I just wanted the freedom to be able to work on what I wanted, when I wanted, without having to be on someone else’s schedule all day long. I wanted to go on a hike on a random Tuesday.

So eventually, I took a leap of faith and started exploring self-employment.

Like everyone else, I Googled "how to become a freelancer" and got hit with a ton of articles about all these platforms that supposedly connect you with clients and give you "freedom." Some of that was true. Some of it was total BS.

If you're thinking about diving into freelancing, here's what I actually learned about the main platforms after using them for the past few years.