Comments on: Less is More: 10 Ways to Simplify Your Freelance Life

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:25:53 +0000

If you can learn to say no to the things that you don’t need to be doing or don’t want to be doing or just shouldn’t be doing then you will free up enough time for you. Best advice I ever received was to learn to say no WITHOUT MAKING AN EXCUSE. Most of us can say no, but we feel we have to justify it. I usually say just the two words - no thanks.

By: TRZL

TRZL — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:46:55 +0000

This is a great article. I would like to see more of these. They are like “Proverbs” to live by for the ex-corporate, fast-paced, and over worked professional like me! It helps to deal with the shell-shock that is inevitable when leaving such an environment.

Keep it up!

By: Landmark Forum

Landmark Forum — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:36:43 +0000

‘10 Ways to Simplify Your Freelance Life’ helps to lead life practically. It suggests best ways to manage our day to day activities. Item 6 helps us to prioritize our work. Items 8 and 9 helps us to reduce our stress. Item 10 suggests the best way to maintain rapport with our clients. Worthy article!

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:55:36 +0000

#9 is the best and most important and it feeds into #10 more times then not saying No will only result in you making more money. It can seem counterintuitive but it works!

You will either be offered more money which may turn the no into a wealthier yes or you will get something else that you can say yes too.

By: Giant Squid Studio

Giant Squid Studio — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:52:59 +0000

Thanks for the post, it was a great read! Great tips, but the scaling down one is tough for me, especially controlling the workday hours. I don’t have the luxury of deciding “I’ll work 6 hours today instead of the usual 16″, since my clients call me for a quick turnaround and I usually have a day or less to do the work. I do storyboards for ad agencies and I usually get 3-5 boards (sometimes 8-12) to do in 2 days or less. They hire me for my speed, and I really wish I could space these jobs out more often, but you never know when a job will pop up.

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By: marilyn's shampoo

marilyn's shampoo — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:01:03 +0000

no. 8 really is something i need to learn to do…

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