Fitting in face time: The Born Freelancer on the benefits of meeting IRL
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer will share personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. In a previous post, I wrote about the creative and health benefits of solitary walking. Today I want to talk about the […]
Show me the money: Invoicing tips from the Born Freelancer
Gather a bunch of freelance writers together and it’s almost always the number-one topic of conversation. The general public may expect us to be dissecting esoteric topics like the influence of Faustian legend on contemporary media, but for most of us it’s: “Got any new tips for getting paid faster?” Several posts ago Story Board […]
The Born Freelancer’s guide to fighting FOMO
The Born Freelancer’s guide to fighting FOMO
A webspace of your own: Site Construction 101
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer will share personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. In this fast moving-social media age of Twitterers and tweets, Facebook and friending, often overlooked or dismissed as old school is, IMHO, […]
The Born Freelancer’s love-hate relationship with freelancing
A friend of mine read my last blog and asked, “Why would anyone ever want to freelance?”
My Top Ten Reasons To Love Freelancing
(1) I am my own boss.
This is probably the number one reason for most of us. We get a sense of being in charge of our lives – even if we’re not. In reality, sometimes it
may feel like we have numerous bosses but at the end of the day it is still our choice and that seems to be important. As is my actual mandate (as
decided by me) to do more or less exactly what I want to do, creating what I want to create, on an ongoing basis.
Evolve or die: Survival in the ever-changing freelance biz
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer will share personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. Reader “Spanky” commented on one of my previous posts, “What a sad state of affairs our business is in. The model is […]
Roger and Me: Why every freelancer needs a mentor
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer will share personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. “You can’t always get what you want but you get what you need” – The Rolling Stones The recent death of Canadian […]
Extreme Budget Makeover: Freelancer Edition
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer will share personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. Some 9-to-5ers I know were complaining that the recession was so brutal that they felt they had to sacrifice their usual early […]
To be or not to be (in a union), that is the question
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer will share personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. “I wouldn’t belong to any club that would have me as a member” — attributed to Groucho Marx I usually feel the […]
Health insurance for freelancers: Know what you need
This series of posts by the Born Freelancer will share personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? Your input is welcome in the comments. Q: Why did the insurance executive cross the road? A: Who cares? Good riddance! I’m not a fan of insurance companies. Could […]
