Being a young and single mom, it has always been difficult to juggle my career and raise a child. Seven years ago, I was in the throes of full-time employment. There were days when I swore I could literally pull my hair out, trying to figure out better opportunities where I wouldn't have to wake up at 5:00 am to prepare for work, deal with heavy traffic, pollution, and people ranting left and right for reasons only God knows, only to come home late at night and go through the same predicament. Rinse and repeat. Yeah, it sucks to be me, I know! I had to endure all these struggles every day simply because I had very limited choices. I wanted to be able to stay at home and look after my child, but at the same time, I wanted to find ways to leverage my time and resources so I could provide for her. However, I was stuck with that idea because I didn't know how and was completely clueless about where to begin. Then one day, a friend of mine introduced me to this freelancing job site that totally changed my life. I was really down at first because I had no experience working online, no knowledge of any tools that other virtual assistants had on their profiles, and not even a portfolio I could brag about because it was all foreign to me. Determined not to let this situation break me, I decided to put one foot in front of the other and give freelancing a go.