If you have been a regular reader of MiddleMe, you’ll realize that I published a post every workday from Monday to Friday and this led to some of my followers asking me “Why don’t I run out of ideas to write on?” Advertisements
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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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Oh Wow, How Time Flies!
Many of you have become more than just mere readers and side audience but friends and inspirational role models to me. Two weeks ago, I celebrated my daughter’s first birthday when it strikes me that you have been following MiddleMe since I started freelancing 2 and a half years ago. You have been with me…
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A Letter To A Working Mom
Dear Working Mommy, Thank you for splitting yourself so you can feed the family financially and physically. I know it is tough to juggle two roles at the same time. So much so sometimes you think you might have split personalities.
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What Is It About Freelancing I Love?
“I didn’t want an unsatisfying career. And I didn’t want to commit to one place – either one company or one location. I wanted to make my own decisions.” – Rocco Baldasarre
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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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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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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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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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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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Work Hacks that will Save You Time
When I first started out as a fresh face in the workforce, I never had time to eat out during lunch time and often look on in amazement that my colleagues are able to knock off on time. Soon I begin to fall sick and I know this is not the way to go. I…
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The Questions To Ask Yourself To See If It Is Time To Make The Leap To A Business Premises Of Your Own
If you have wanted to start your own business for a while now, then you probably have a few plans in place. You might be working your job alongside another job, or just completely run the business from home. It might be getting bigger and bigger. But then comes the question we all want to…
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The Client Experience Is What Matters In Freelancing
Freelancing is a fairly new line of work for a lot of people. If you’re used to the world of employers and employees, of being beholden to some authority, you can get some bad habits stuck in your mind. It’s still a buyer’s market as far as labour goes, even in the freelancing world. But…
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Guest Post: Lessons on radio
Lovely post on her job on the radio, giving in-depth emotional insight on what goes on in a day working in a radio station as a Mdantsane FM newsreader intern. Enjoy her post? Pop by her website for more.. Having started working at Mdantsane FM, I’ve had the most amazing time working within a vibrant…
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Review: Grammarly.com
Whether you are a student, a writer, a blogger even in your professional life, wouldn’t it be great to have your written work scan through by someone first before you submit? That is why great editors are often expensive and highly sought after. Even when I was in the workforce, many of my peers would love…
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Bad Habits You need to Change if You want to become a successful freelancer
Everyone has their bad habits when comes to personal lifestyles, your work style is not spare either. Meanwhile, if you are an employee, you probably will be told of your bad habits during appraisals but you won’t be that lucky if you are a freelancer. As a freelancer, one con to this career path is…
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14 Life Hacks that Made my Life Easier as a Freelancer (Part 1)
It’s been awhile since I wrote about freelancing. It is a subject that is dear and close to my heart since I have been doing it for nearly 2 years now and I have tremendous success as a freelancer. I definitely have evolved from a mere writer to someone who wears plenty of hats and…
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Guest Post: BOREDroom Disclosure
Last week, I came across an awesome post and the blogger Jen was generous enough to allow me to share this with you. Please enjoy. Hop over to her blog if you enjoy her candid words as much as I do! How many times have I sat there at the conference table across the General…
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Time: The One Resource You Can’t Afford To Spend Lightly
Businesses deal with a lot of resources. Money, people, supplies and the like. With these physical resources, taking a hit is bad, but it’s reversible. Losing time, however, isn’t. You can’t afford to have slow days or weeks outside the occasional moment the business is quiet. So you have to use that time better. Don’t…
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How To Make Yourself Indispensable
Okay, okay… There is no such thing or someone that is indispensable in our current economy but what you can make yourself be is if the company loses you, it can hurt the business really bad. This is one flaw that many companies tend to overlook – retraining and knowledge sharing. With this flaw, you…
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