Do you like going out with friends on the weekend? Enjoying a beverage together? Going out to dinner with friends and romantic prospects when you want to? Maybe you even like day trips out with friends? If so, you and I aren’t going to see eye to eye on this.

See, I used to be like you. I used to enjoy going out with my buddies, watching movies in the theater and buying groceries in a store. Social lives cost money, though, so I thought I might make some extra pocket money by utilizing my language skills. I put myself out there as a freelance translator hoping I could easily translate a few brochures or instruction manuals for hapless housewives who accidentally bought a Chinese product and can’t figure out how to use it.

It wasn’t long before I realized how wrong my presumptions were, even though they feel so right now.

I began to realize that my time was being taken up by managing my projects and Translating as expertly as I could. It used to be that I would vaguely offer a client the gist of a 30-page e-book, but I realized that wasn’t going to give me the cash I was looking for. Then it hit me – the problem wasn’t that I was overloading myself with projects I wasn’t equipped for. The problem was that I was wasting my time on socializing!

The answer? Completely cut out social interaction.

The less I went outside, the more work I got done. The quality of my translations were directly correlated to whether or not I put on pants in the morning. What’s the point when you aren’t going anywhere all day?

More time meant more clients, and now I have tons and they keep coming back for more. I’ve managed to exclude all possible social life that would get in the way of the quantity or quality of my work.

What do I do for food? That’s what the Internet’s for. I can order takeout and groceries via my phone. Some weeks the only person I have to talk to is my pizza delivery guy, and he doesn’t mind that my life has devolved into nonstop translating and greasy hair.

There is one problem – I do have to talk to clients, though I don’t have to meet any of them in person. Still, I’m not exactly excited when I have to shoot them an email or call them on the phone. If only we could cut off all social contact forever, am I right?

Translating and project management have improved my life greatly. I may not be able to remember what my friends look like or the last time I actually looked a person in the eye, but what does that matter when my life is constantly fulfilled by translating thought leadership blogs for American businessmen?

Here’s what I want you to take away from my story: my life’s pretty sweet. I get to ignore everyone and spend my life translating and doing project management all day long. It’s alright if you’re jealous. It’s pretty understandable when I have it this good.

P.S: We feel compelled to confirm that this article is tongue in cheek

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