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My Unnecessary Distractions (Besides The Bed…)
As you know I’m a freelancer, so income will somewhat depend on how efficient I work on my projects. Although I’m not a big fan of procrastination but as a mommy, I tend to find excuses for myself to prolong the time to start work.
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Sometimes I Forgot…
People say to live in the moment and treasure every second living, immerse and breathing in the ‘now’.
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How Freelancers Can Make Sure They Get Paid on Time?
Late payments are a freelancers’ worst nightmare.
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The Price Of Ghostwriter
Are you a ghostwriter? I am partially one.
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The Importance Of Family Support When You Are Advancing Your Career
We know it’s a tough competition out there in the cutthroat business world. To come out as a winner, sometimes sacrifices must be made. Particularly the ever limited time.
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How To Turn Your Hobby Into A Career
As the saying goes; do what you love and you won’t work in your life.
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7 Time Management Tips For Reducing Job Stress
The complexity and number of projects that have to be completed in a day can many times prove to be overwhelming. Many of us experience lots of stress when they get a sense of not being able to control the events happening in their lives.
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How To Battle Negativity In Freelancing
One day you are on a high note with pouring projects that you couldn’t keep up replying, let alone rejecting. On another day, you are faced with nobody wants your service, your existing clients think the work you have submitted is crap, you just had an argument with one of your biggest clients because of…
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How To Save When You Are A Freelancer?
Being a freelancer has its perks and one of it is the freedom to choose the projects and clients you want. However, the downside is that as a freelancer, you don’t have a stable weekly or monthly income to depend on.
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Are You Getting Too Attached To Your Company?
The thought of you ever leaving your company sends shudders through your spine. You rather spend your time at work than at home with your cats. As much as I applaud the fact that you love your job and your company, it is not healthy to have a fixation on your workplace. I know because…
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How To Determine Your Rates As A Freelancer
Inspired by one of my readers, Melissa A who asked how to set the price point as a freelancer, which is very important to start off your freelancing career right, I decided to write a post about it.
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Self Awareness Is So Important To A Freelancer
Just last week I was introduced to an obnoxious Singaporean who graduated recently with a top honour degree in the mass communications field. She was a friend of a friend whom I bumped into common gatherings when we have mutual friends.
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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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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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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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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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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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Writing with Passion
From time to time, I get comments from fellow readers that asked me how do I manage to write work related or career-related articles for so long and at such a frequency. This is especially when I am an active freelancer and a new mother as well. My only answer is that if you do…
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