Prioritizing is essential, but you still can’t have everything
Running a business — and, for that matter, managing one’s daily life — is at its core an exercise in prioritizing.
Work-life balance
You don’t need an Achilles’ tendon to be a freelance writer
I felt pretty much zero panic about how I would continue to earn my living and support my family. I honestly didn’t give a single thought to my livelihood in that crisis moment. And that’s because I’m a freelance writer.
Why my daughter never has to worry about me losing my job
There seems to be a general perception that freelancing is inherently insecure, that no matter how long or successfully you’ve been doing it you’re always just a few beats away from a devastatingly bad month. But this isn’t true.
Can you really freelance during your kids’ naptimes?
Just because the career is amazingly flexible doesn’t mean it’s magical. It’s pretty dang hard to design and execute a full-fledged career as a freelancer while simultaneously parenting.
Pros & cons of freelancing: Customized costs and benefits
The ability to customize your costs and benefits is both a pro and a con of being a freelancer.
Pros & cons of freelancing: Your time is your own
I’m writing this monthly series about the joys and challenges of full-time freelancing, and it turns out that in many cases the joys are the same as the challenges — usually two sides of the same coin. That is certainly true with the question of time management. The joy and challenge of your time being …
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Pros & cons of freelancing: You’re your own boss
Now that freelancing is exploding in the US workforce, everyone has an opinion about it. Is it the best, most freeing career path ever or a hell of insecurity and stress? Is it a giant engine of creative empowerment or the downfall of civilized society? Does it require pants or not?