Do you know that in the freelancing world, your name is your brand? Neither do I when I first started out as a freelancer. Advertisements
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Let Me Tell You The Origins Of Freelancing
Etymology is the study of the beginning of words. Let’s look at the beginning of the ‘freelancer’ word.
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Your Words Means So Much To Me
There are days when I can’t work anymore and there are days where I’m so tired my eyes can’t open. There are days when I fell asleep in front of my open laptop. And there are “one of those days” if you know what I mean.
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Guest Post: 5 Business Podcasts for Start-Ups
Browsing for something to read while waiting for my Uber driver to arrive, I came across an interesting article that benefits me. Recently, I have been listening to podcasts and found that some channels are really beneficial and educational.
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8 Mistakes To Avoid While Working From Home
There are lucky few that have flexible work arrangements with their company on working from home and then they are the freelancers as well. One of the cost cutting measures is to allow employees to work from home.
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Why You Should Personal Brand Yourself
I am currently doing an online course on Personal Branding and I strongly recommend you to do it if you have the time. It is a free course and takes about 5 weeks, about an hour each week to complete the week’s lessons. But before you jump blindly into enrolling a course because of my…
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Freelancing: What To Prep Before You Go On A Break
I am going on a break!!!! Freaking at last! You probably guess that I have been on home arrest ever since I got pregnant and hadn’t had the opportunity to travel much. Flying to and back from Singapore doesn’t count because I’ll still be up to my neck with chores and duties as a mother…
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10 Things That The Workforce Changed 10 Years Ago
10 years ago is such a long time. I was still the carefree single social butterfly who is always buried under a pile of work. I work hard, I play hard.
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How to Find A Conducive Working Environment Outside of Your Office
While I only work within the confine of my study, I love to write my own articles on the WordPress app when I am outside. Sometimes even bringing my baby in her stroller while I typed words away on my iPhone and sipping my Green Tea (like what I am doing right now).
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Timetable Of A Work-From-Home Mother
Now that my little diva has stabilized her timetable (sort of), I thought it will be nice to share my daily schedule with everyone. For those who are mothers, I feel your pain but juggling your time between your freelance work and your family shouldn’t be a life and death battle. For those who are…
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I Lost Focus and How I Gain It Back
Exhausted without sleeping for anything more than 4 hours a day, physically and mentally I must admit I wasn’t ready to go through 7 months of sleepless nights. Oh, I don’t have a problem sleeping, if that is what you are thinking. Give me a room with soft pillows and queen sized bed, I’ll knock…
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My Child, My Decision. My Career, My Choice.
Sometimes back, when I was back in Singapore (my homeland) for a visit with my baby girl, a close friend of mine questioned me on the choices I’ve made. In case you are wondering, this is how it went: Friend: Are you back in Singapore for good? Me: Nah, I’m enjoying my life in Kuala…
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How To Balance Between Freelancing & Mommyhood
If you recall, recently I have a reader that wrote to me regarding balancing my time between freelancing and motherhood. Although I might have address that during my email to her, I felt it might not be detailed enough. So here it is, a more detailed list on how I manage to spend quality time…
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7 Ways To Rekindle The Joy Of Writing
When you are working as a writer for clients and yet keeping your blog up to date at the same time, you might lose the passion of writing. Maybe because you are mentally drained or having a huge writer’s block or even you are sick of being stuck to your desk/computer 9 hours a day.…
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How To Support Your Other Half Doing Freelancing Work
Whether it is by choice or circumstances that your partner picks up freelancing as a form of occupation, it is not necessary a bad thing.
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Freelancer’s Survival Guide to Economy Downturn
If you haven’t felt it, good for you but the economy is going down and expected to stay down at least until 2019 (hopefully not longer than that).
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10 Non-Restaurants or Cafe Hideouts to Complete Your Work
Okay, this is another fun post I love to come up with whenever I am stressed. I find that my brain works better when I take a break and write something fun and crazy.
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Receiving Money For Your Freelancing Work
It’s heartbreak that a lot of people don’t have jobs or they don’t earn enough to live the life they’re yearning. Some of those people are even intimate to us. That’s why it’s great to know that there is work at home options that jobless or unsatisfied employers can try. Transferring money home isn’t a…
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My Freelancing Weapons
When I was a manager, I like to give my all and my best to the task at hand so it isn’t unusual to expect the same when I became a freelancer. Being a freelancer to me is rather like a boss marketing my own services to my clients and each client I treat them…
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Transiting from a Single Freelancer to a Mommy Freelancer
I was an executive, a manager, with more than 50 staff under my command. Then… I left that to become a freelancer. And I am a top rated freelancer, specialising in writing, career consultation and recruitment. Then… I upgrade to become a WFHM (work from home mom). As with any other transition, there are challenges…
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