As a freelancer, I have multiple clients, projects, and organizations that I interface with regularly. As a project manager, I am also the person on the
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How to Take Time Off as a Freelancer: Medical, Maternity, and Sabbaticals
Dec 03, 2025
This blog summarizes learnings from The Future is Freelance Forums. These forums are where stakeholders from all levels of the freelance ecosystem (freelancers, agency leaders, coaches, platform CEOs,...
Multitasking is Making You Less Efficient
Jun 27, 2023
Time management, focus, and productivity are essential skills for a solopreneur. Your time is your most valuable asset when you’re a business of one.
Time management, focus, and productivity ar
...How To Focus on What’s Important and Actually Get It Done
May 24, 2023
In 1954 President Eisenhower cited the juxtaposition between importance and urgency in his famous quote, “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not import...
How To Take a REAL Vacation When You Work for Yourself
May 24, 2022
When you work for yourself, by yourself, “time off” can be a bit of a paradox — you can be much more flexible about having “time off” day-to-day, but it can be hard to take extended time off
...3 Reasons Freelancing Makes Me a Better Parent
Apr 04, 2022
Being a working parent has never been easy. Traditional work scenarios are designed for people without boundaries and constraints with performance (explicitly or implicitly) tied to long workdays and ...
Four Ways to Reboot Your Business Model
Dec 27, 2021
There are as many types of solopreneur business models as there are solopreneurs. When you work for yourself, by yourself, you can reinvent what you do whenever you want.
That’s true…in theory
...The Antidote to Languishing Isn’t Focus, It’s Idleness
Jun 22, 2021
For the last month or so I’ve found it incredibly difficult to be productive.
This is not common for me — I love my job, I love my work, and I love “getting things done.”
It turns out, I’m not
...I Haven't Worked 40 Hours a Week in Years…and I Don't Feel Guilty About It
Apr 05, 2021
One of the main reasons I decided to work for myself was because I was sick of people telling me how much to work, when to work, and where to work.
I sat at a desk for eight hours a day, even though...
5 Rules for Effective Meetings
Mar 15, 2021
Meetings have been a big topic lately. It seems like everyone is trying to figure how to have less of them so that people have time to focus on the actual work.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve s...