This year is my fourth year working remotely; I’ve met a lot of great people along the way, learned some new skills, got introduced to technology that I would have never know existed, and encountered tons of lessons that have equipped me to have a fighting chance to be successful with what I do.

A lot of times I feel alone in this space , I have not met anyone who does exactly what I do (if I were to define it, I sum it up like this: I’m a digital-swiss-army knife for your remote work needs). I’m sure there are and I look forward to learn from them.

At times I worry that I may run out of work or clients to work with but so far it has not happened, if it does, I’m confident that I’d be able to get new ones. I just have to scrape down the barrel of all the skills that I have learned in my professional career.

I find comfort on the fact that so far in this type of work I’m in I have been able to introduce opportunities to my family, friends, friends of friends, and even total strangers. Some have went on to become great leaders, some have had the opportunity to see the world, some have transitioned to a stable job on this remote work setup, some have become empowered moms and dads who are able to provide for their families, and some have found out that this type of work is not for them. I feel grateful, happy, and humbled that with all these people that I have worked with – that I’m the one who learned from them the most.

On the other side of the coin, I’m positive that the work I have done has helped my client’s business grow. I hope that my work has contributed to them being found easily on Google, their cosmetic products are now sold in the EU, their government grant and incentive has been approved, their client’s athletes have reached peak performance, their team has grown and matured with an running remote operations team, and that their product has reached people that need help with safety compliance.

I look forward being able to do more, to make a dent in this world for the good. A few weeks ago I asked what is the purpose with what I do, I think I may have found some of it by writing this.

I’m approaching four years working remotely and I hope I am getting stronger… better, I think I am. Progress not perfection. I define excellence as not getting to the top but getting to the top plus getting continuously better.

The one thing I acknowledge that all these that I have now and all I desire, I get not by my own strength but grace from God. Only by grace.