How to Set Up a Freelance Work Schedule
Freelancing may equal freedom, but this lifestyle won’t flourish if you’re unorganized, unfocused — and winging it.
So, let’s get organized.
Every few weeks the same handful of topics bubble up among my freelance colleagues. What’s top on the list these days? Scheduling.
Freelance creatives are always looking for more work or wondering how to manage an avalanche of accepted project proposals within days of one another. When you’re newer to this work style, the feast or famine rollercoaster is a wildly popular ride.
You can ease those extreme stresses by getting better about scheduling client projects and the ongoing tasks that keep your business afloat in bite-size pieces during peak periods of focus and creative flow.
How should a freelance schedule work?
What hours do I work?
How do I actually complete huge projects on my own?
If these questions have crossed your mind, keep on reading. I left my last newspaper job in 2009 and have learned a few things (thanks to trial and error!) over the years about managing my small writing business.
Here are a few thoughts from my desk to yours.
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