It’s April already, and somehow we are a quarter of the way through the new year. I thought I’d do a little review of how the first few months have […]
Tag: Freelance life
How to get out of your comfort zone
Did you know that ‘work for myself’ has been on my list of goals since about 2014? In fact, in January 2014, I wrote in my journal that by December […]
5 things I did before I went freelance
I’ve been speaking to a few people over the last few weeks who are thinking about leaving the 9-5 to go freelance. I’m a huge advocate of it, because my […]
Am I in trouble?
No. Of course I’m not. I’m never in trouble. And yet. I constantly feel like I’ve done something wrong and I’m about to get caught out. When I’m in the […]
On finding ‘the balance’
This could equally have been titled: ‘Discovering that I’m actually a workaholic’ because finding ‘the balance’ so far has proved elusive. There are a multitude of reasons that I decided […]
What I’ve learned from my first month of freelance life
Last month, I had my leaving lunches, I sent my farewell email, and said goodbye to office life. I set up the very next day on my own, and became […]
Working from home when you can’t actually work from home
Last October, we got our first au pair. It was driven by our financial situation at the time, as we could no longer afford to send our two children to […]