I’m a mom of three. My older two are now adults. My youngest is 12 (January 2022) but has developmental delays. I’ve been a working from home without childcare from eight years this month. Here’s what I’ve learned.
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Here’s how I dealt with scams on Upwork over the last week. (And see my cute min pin…)
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If you are waiting for the perfect moment to get your freelance business started, stop. That’s just procrastination. It’s an anxiety thing. Stop waiting for the perfect moment. It does not exist.
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I don’t know about yall…okay, yes I do because I’ve done this for almost eight years and working from home isn’t always sunshine and rainbows. It isn’t always easy to stay motivated and productive to work from home.
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So, you’ve decided to start a freelance writing business of your very own. Regardless of whether you’re going to make this a part-time or full-time venture (I started part-time while working two other part-time jobs), you may be wondering one thing (well, lots of things…but I’m only answering one thing). Is a freelance writing business plan necessary or is it bullshit?
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I’ve always been excellent when it comes to time management, at least until 2021. Even though COVID (December 2020 through February 2021), I worked like a madwoman to stay on top of stuff. In a second, I’ll tell you a funny story about that. Between long-haul symptoms and getting diagnosed with systemic lupus (among many other shitty things that happened), my time management skills have just sucked. So, I’ve pretty much had to find time management resources, and they’ve been hit or miss. That’s why I decided to create this blog post because I want you to set yourself up to win.
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I saw this question online over the weekend and if this if you’re asking if freelancing is worth your time, you’re not asking the right question.
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I’ve carried the Top Rated Upwork badge since it was a “thing” many, many moons ago. Now, I’m Top Rated Plus. In a nutshell, Top Rated Plus is for Enterprise clients. I haven’t taken any of the expert-vetted tests. I don’t have a video on my profile. I haven’t even updated the language on my profile in yeeaaarrsss. I’ve made some minor updates to other things (such as using the testimonials feature for non-Upwork clients; this feature, by the way, tends to come and go from what some six-figure freelancers have pointed out on Twitter).
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Freelancers, you have three months until the end of the year. Actually, you have a little less than that since it’s Sept. 20. But…red alert: you need to start planning on how you’ll handle the money lag for the holidays before you get there.
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If you’re on Upwork, at some point you’re going to run into a crappy client. Just like any other relationship, you run into a jerk. And sometimes, there aren’t any red flags. And sometimes there are and you ignore those red flags. So, how do you get out of a bad Upwork contract?
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