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Living the freelance life while keeping your sanity
- edw519 18y agoVery good post. I'm already doing what he suggests on Monday and Friday. Monday's are for client meetings. Any work done is a bonus. On Friday, all work stops after the first beer. Hopefully, that's after 6:00 p.m. I have learned one other thing that seems counterintuitive. My customers do not hold me to the same standard that I hold myself. Sure, they want it done right and on time. But I was driving myself nuts working all hours making everything perfect. I exceeded their expectations, but at a price. Also, they often weren't ready for me, adding to my frustration. So I learned to relax and have a little more fun working on their stuff. Still top quality and always on time, but it took me a while to learn to "not go nuts" on everything I did.
- jlogic77 18y agoI like the idea of having client meetings in one day. I never feel like I accomplished as much when a day is broken up by client meetings. Most of my work I do remotely, so in similar fashion, I tend to dedicate a client visit day, where I'm out and about on sites.
- river_styx 18y agoI have been working alone now for the last few months and I'm about to lose my mind. Seriously. Whenever I go out, I feel like an ogre who's lost all what social skills were there to begin with.