Comments on: 5 Tips for Being a Freelancer and Dealing with the Holidays http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/11/5-tips-for-being-a-freelancer-and-dealing-with-the-holidays/ Freelance Writing Jobs for All Writers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Freelance Jobs http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/11/5-tips-for-being-a-freelancer-and-dealing-with-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-120150 Freelance Jobs Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:45:06 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/?p=5902#comment-120150 Good tips. Balance in life and work is very important, it makes you strong and help you to achieve your goals. I have some suggestions and wanna share it. - Label every task you list in your organizer with a letter value. - Fill out a to-do list in random order, then label each item with a rating. - Divide and conquer. Breaking a major job into small pieces can help conquer an overwhelming task. Good tips. Balance in life and work is very important, it makes you strong and help you to achieve your goals. I have some suggestions and wanna share it.

- Label every task you list in your organizer with a letter
value.
- Fill out a to-do list in random order, then label each item
with a rating.
- Divide and conquer. Breaking a major job into small pieces can help conquer an overwhelming task.

]]> By: 5 Mistakes Freelance Writers Make During the Holidays : Freelance Writing Jobs | The #1 Online Writing Community for Freelancers http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/11/5-tips-for-being-a-freelancer-and-dealing-with-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-120136 5 Mistakes Freelance Writers Make During the Holidays : Freelance Writing Jobs | The #1 Online Writing Community for Freelancers Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:56 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/?p=5902#comment-120136 [...] writers are tacking their careers. Inspiration and motivation is never a bad thing. Take the holidays, for example. Some freelance writers choose this time to step away from their laptops for a few [...] [...] writers are tacking their careers. Inspiration and motivation is never a bad thing. Take the holidays, for example. Some freelance writers choose this time to step away from their laptops for a few [...]

]]> By: Carol http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/11/5-tips-for-being-a-freelancer-and-dealing-with-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-118741 Carol Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:39:51 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/?p=5902#comment-118741 I'll be working ahead...hoping to bill everything by 12/17 or so and take the rest of the year off! Carol Tice http://www.caroltice.com http://Twitter.com/TiceWrites I’ll be working ahead…hoping to bill everything by 12/17 or so and take the rest of the year off!

Carol Tice
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]]> By: Phil http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/11/5-tips-for-being-a-freelancer-and-dealing-with-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-118740 Phil Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:38:29 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/?p=5902#comment-118740 Nothing against the tips, and I know many here have more parenting responsibilities because kids are younger, but working through the holidays (not on the actual days themselves) can put you well ahead of others who put things off until after the New Year because they are "too busy." Schedule holiday plans along with work plans and you'll have time for both. As recommended above, I do more online shopping each year. Gift cards are a great time saver. If you still need to go to the store, plan the trip (buy, don't shop) -- and realize it will be crowded. Pre-online shopping, I'd hear people complain about crowds. (Alert: Old-guy comments ahead) Yes, there are crowds, you know that, deal with it. Twenty-two years ago I had to do my shopping while using a walker (broken leg). Used a backpack, planned ahead, arrived at stores when they opened, ands broke shopping into several trips (could only carry so much in a backpack). It worked out fine. Nothing against the tips, and I know many here have more parenting responsibilities because kids are younger, but working through the holidays (not on the actual days themselves) can put you well ahead of others who put things off until after the New Year because they are “too busy.”

Schedule holiday plans along with work plans and you’ll have time for both. As recommended above, I do more online shopping each year. Gift cards are a great time saver. If you still need to go to the store, plan the trip (buy, don’t shop) — and realize it will be crowded. Pre-online shopping, I’d hear people complain about crowds.

(Alert: Old-guy comments ahead) Yes, there are crowds, you know that, deal with it. Twenty-two years ago I had to do my shopping while using a walker (broken leg). Used a backpack, planned ahead, arrived at stores when they opened, ands broke shopping into several trips (could only carry so much in a backpack). It worked out fine.

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