Category: Freelancer tips


Book summary: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Essentialism encourages us to prioritise  tasks and activities that align with our values, goals, and purpose, and eliminate distractions.

Boilerplate emails for freelancers – save time and energy

As a freelancer you’re going to be emailing people A LOT. Having a bank of stock responses can save you time and energy!

Weekly/monthly review for freelancers

Life can be chaotic as a freelancer with production work, finances, marketing and customer service all competing for our time. A weekly or monthly review can help us stay on track. Full article and PDF download at Freelance Freedom

The Friday Habit: Setting aside time to work ‘on’ your freelance business

If you set aside Fridays to work on developing your freelance business, what would you spend the time doing?

Freelancer Interview: Pete Clark – Freelance web designer

Who are you? That should be an easy starter question right? But at the risk of getting too deep too quickly this is something I’ve given a great deal of thought to recently. About a year ago I realised I was maintaining different versions of ‘who I was’ for different groups of people. There was […]

Setting and maintaining boundaries as a freelancer

If we’re full time freelance and work from home, it can easily take over our lives if we’re not careful. This can eat into our free time and headspace, damage relationships and eventually lead to burnout. Read on for some tips on how to set and maintain healthy boundaries as a freelancer. Full article on […]