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The Best Time Tracking Apps for Freelancers
We’ll level with you—we totally understand the freelancer’s resistance to time tracking. After all, you didn’t make the jump into this lifestyle just to punch someone else’s clock.
Scope Creep: What is it and how can freelancers prevent it?
You're a freelancer, making a living doing what you love. You've landed a project that seems promising, but the longer it goes on, the more you feel you’re doing extra work.
Being a freelancer makes you the ‘main character’ of your life and career
When it comes to being a freelancer now, everyone is ready to be the protagonist of their own career.
How to survive freelancer interviews and chats
You may have gone into freelancing to avoid ever having to do interviews. Well, sadly, in same cases you may have to. So here's a guide to interviewing as a freelancer.
Why freelancers need to create an environment of transparency, and not just around pay
"I once shared information with a freelancer group about a company who routinely paid my invoices late," she recalls. "They found out and ghosted me out of the blue, which put a big dent in my earnings that year. But I'm glad I did it, because other freelancers wouldn't have...
How to detach your self-worth from your work
When you wear every hat needed for your business to succeed, it's difficult to let your head get a rest. This is only made worse if you are defined by your KPI's. So how do you keep your work and your self-worth separate?
Everything freelancers need to know about publishing their first book
Are you thinking about writing and publishing your premier book? Whether it's your lit-fic magnum opus or a small collection of essays about your favourite celebrity beefs, we've got the info you need
Finding inspiration and renewed energy in new creativity
Even if your job is creative, you can still use different forms of creative practice to avoid the many forms of burnout. Creative expert and writer David Silverberg looks at the steps for getting it right.
Breaking free from the chains of your desk
It sounds so simple. But moving away from your desk is sometimes the best thing you can do for your work.
