The latest victims were two Japanese freelance journalists driving to Baghdad from Samawa a town in the south, where Japan has based most of its 550 soldiers deployed in Iraq.
"Guests from expensive hotels overlooking Phuket's beaches were evacuated to the hills behind and local people were driving away in cars and on motorcycles," freelance journalist Apichai Thonoy told Reuters.
She did some freelance writing for a newspaper, but she had to resort to driving for Uber and Lyft to make ends meet.
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But what is really driving these changes outside of the shifting landscape of freelancing, startups, flexible hours and job sharing?
This can include selling unused items, taking on freelance or consulting work, or taking jobs in the gig economy, such as driving for Uber or Lyft.
Watch-Me Wheels "I was driving a [Bentley] Continental GT to Saratoga Springs," says Ken Gross, a freelance auto editor for Playboy magazine, about a trip to the thoroughbred-racing resort town in upstate New York.
Some might have been elated, but I wanted to cry as I realized I could probably make more in one week driving for Uber than I did all of last year as a freelance writer.
By guest blogging, you keep pace with the demands of freelance writing by getting your work in front of more people, building gainful relationships, and driving potential clients along your path.
For some, this is moonlighting at an evening job, driving a car on weekends or putting together a mix of part-time traditional work with freelance work.
