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By: Ruby

Ruby — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:58:53 +0000

Don’t forget how you’re automatically the one handling chores since you’re in the house anyway.
Every time I make hubby do the dishes or cook himself I get very guilt-tripped, since he does manual labor for 8 hours whilst I just sit at the computer for 12. >.>. When he gets days off it’s also very frustrating since I don’t; yet he wants to spend time with me, so he really gets in the way of my work. I guess it’s just hard to comprehend that someone at the computer is actually doing something useful.

Ah well.

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By: xbash

xbash — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:04:38 +0000

I guess you should set objective to be more focus on your work and its much easier to achieve your target over time.

By: Eric White

Eric White — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:33:57 +0000

I get this all of the time from my friends. I have been told that I don’t have a “real job” or that it seems I don’t do anything all day because I don’t leave my house. I probably work 12-16 hours almost every day of the week. From my experience, the benefits of freelancing are not that I can “work when I want to” or that I have “alot of free time”, but are actually:
- I actually enjoy what I do
- When I get overwhelmed, I can step back and relax for alittle bit(which usually ends up meaning that I have to work later into the night)
- If I’m lucky and can afford it, I can take a few days off when I want to, to go on vacation
- I work 12-16 hours a day and honestly the only time I feel like it has actually been “work” is after I have been out trying to find new clients.
- I can do things how I want to and split my day up to work on several different projects, if I want to
- I save money on gas
- And best of all, there is not a dress code for work

If I am told that I don’t have a “real job” one more time, my head might explode. Thanks for the great article and pointing out what all of us freelancers go through! I used to have the same misconceptions about freelancers and I used to never want to do this kind of work, but now I can’t imagine doing anything else.

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Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:02:57 +0000

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By: Laura Spencer

Laura Spencer — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:07:53 +0000

Great comment Leah!

I think the age perception is at both ends of the scale.

I know successful freelancers who are in their fifties, sixties, and even seventies – but are hesitant to mention age at all because they believe that most clients want someone in their thirties.

By: Leah Daniels

Leah Daniels — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:58:23 +0000

May I just say that people often have a misconception of age? That is one things that bothers ME the most. A lot of people will like my work, email me, talk to me on the phone, and be fine, but then when they find out Im a student, and Im only 20 years old, they think they can treat me like an intern who needs another project for my portfolio.

I started to learn to deal with this when I was 17, and just never tell people my age. Most people these days assume Im in my mid 20s. Thats where the comment about Confidence comes in, I definitely agree that a confident freelancer is a successful one.

Perfect example of someone who has a very successful career at a very young age: Jacob Cass.

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