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Your Perfect Work Schedule

Sometimes, when my three-year-old son is sleeping at night, I’ll talk to him. “I’m sorry I didn’t have time to play with you in the morning,” I’ll say, if I was working on a deadline project and he spent that … Continue reading

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Working without a Net

Guest post by Avery Elizabeth Hurt French author Pierre-Jules Renard is supposed to have said, “Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.” That may be both true and occasionally a comfort, … Continue reading

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Best Apps For Freelancers (It’s Not Just About Google)

Last week, BestVendor, a review site that looks pretty interesting, released an infographic that shows some of the most popular apps for freelancers. Venturebeat covered the release here. Some of the results were predictable. In a survey of 97 freelancers, … Continue reading

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The Secret to Freelance Happiness … Lies at Machu Picchu

Life as an indie professional sometimes reminds me of a ride I took back from Machu Picchu on a tourist bus. Shrouded in fog that made everything seem mystical, the ancient Inca site connected us to a reality far from our … Continue reading

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Ditch These 4 Time-Wasting Habits

1. Coffee or wine with that just-starting-out freelancer who wants advice.  We all want to be helpful, and in fact I got some really great help from established freelancers when I was starting out. But you’ve got to set limits … Continue reading

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3 Easy Time Savers for Freelancers

One simple way to enjoy life as a freelancer more is to plan your time in a way that works for you–instead of letting your schedule “happen” to you. If you want to have afternoons off to go for a … Continue reading

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A Killer Work Habit That Is Easy To Adopt

Last week, I wrote about time chunking, a new phrase sweeping productivity circles. (See: Power Up Your Productivity). This week, I tried with some success to turn off interruptions to focus on writing or editing pretty major pieces that I … Continue reading

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Power Up Your Productivity–By Leaving Your Desk

In the month since I wrote Confessions of A Multitasker, a number of people have reached out to me to advocate a different way of managing my time. Rather than doing everything all at once, they recommend a practice called … Continue reading

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