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Been reading a sh*t ton of books last ten months, have not taken any action partly because I flip flop and get swayed by what others tell me.
This is your problem, friend. I know it's confusing, and that's one reason why you've just got to pick something and go for it.
You probably can do what you want, eventually, but you almost surely won't get there by dabbling in lots of things while never acting on any of them.
I'm not even telling you not to freelance on Upwork. I'm getting some decent play-money off it now after a few dry months while I figured out the ropes. What I am telling you is that unless you know how to stand out from the crowd you're going to be fighting for less than table scraps.
You're not going to get even that far reading books and wondering what to do next. Your first client will show you a whole different reality.
Maybe your post gave me the wrong impression. It sounded an awful lot like you were expecting to read a few books, learn how to code and be a great copywriter and a sysadmin and start raking in the megabux inside a year.
Maybe you get decent at all of these things. You know what? When you freelance, you're going up against lots of other people who also do those things, and they will do them better because they got really good at just one of them.
Guess who is going to get the job?
There's nothing wrong in building your skillset. It's the way you're going about it (or, rather, aren't) that's going to bite you on the rear.
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