As a creative freelancer, I often have pockets of famine interspersed with times of feast. They tend to balance each other out, at least financially. Unfortunately, during the times of famine, I have had some panic about whether I would work again. I’m happy to say that those thoughts are few and far between these days due to one practice I have taken up: The Monthly Goal Assessment.
...I’ve had to develop a few tricks to reset and get back to my pre-work level of ease for a more efficient workday. The following are some super quick resets that I do during working hours. They are not a substitute for taking proper relaxation breaks...
As an audiobook narrator and producer, I often get asked about the best way to market audiobooks. That's why I thought I’d give
I’ve been in the market for some kind of focus app so when I saw Hank Green post a screenshot of “Focus Friend” in the top 5 apps in the app store, I downloaded it immediately. To be honest, I didn’t even know what the app did, but I’m a fan of ...
I had some time recently to dig into the bottom of my procrastination list, but I had a rough time motivating myself to actually do the things. I decided to
I’ve seen a lot of anti-union rhetoric, and often it’s from misinformed workers who actually benefit from labor unions.
I hear other freelancers say “I hate social media!” while complaining that they aren’t booking as many jobs as they want. A few questions come to mind. “What don’t you like about it?” “What do you consider ‘social media’?”, “How else do you plan to advertise your services?” and “how can you make social media less cringy for yourself?”
I’ve always been the type of person that needs a deadline in order to get anything done, so learning about Parkinson’s Law really resonated with me. In fact, I’ve been able to increase my productivity by scheduling time for specific tasks and not allowing myself to deviate from my schedule.
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Ugh. Taxes. Regardless of whether you hire a professional to do the filing, there's still a lot of boring, and sometimes stressful, preparation to deal with each year. And if you are like most of us, you deal with taxes by putting them off until the last minute. Although it’s a tempting strategy, here’s an alternative way to get them done