Life Versus Work
Of all the skills I’ve learnt and honed while freelancing, balancing multiple projects is probably one of the biggest. It’s not just the logistics of when to book in meetings and how to schedule work to meet deadlines, but the mental gymnastics it takes. Coming out of a meeting on one project to…
How To Price Events
Deciding what to charge can be hard, especially when you’re starting out. This is a little reflection on my journey, as well as capturing my process now. Baseline: Time My starting point is always time – how long will this take me? Now with events there are two categories of time, the public…
Refocusing On Social Good
Here’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately – how important the shades of grey are. It’s become more important to explore in my business life because I’ve been thinking and planning what the future could look like. Professional Identity When I began this freelance journey, it was obvious that I would…
Finding Your Ikigai
Something I’ve discovered in the last year or so is the importance of blending fun and work. And that’s not the forced fun awkward role play type fun, but the genuine laughter, generating connections and “I really love this” type fun. I’ve been weaving this into what organisations I work with, what projects…
A Day in the Life
I’ve been enjoying a really good work/life balance since Christmas, so I thought it was about time I did another day-in-the-life snapshot. Here’s a random Thursday in January: 9am – 10am: Warm Up A rare day when I’m not doing school drop-off so I enjoy a slower start to the day. First job…
The Value of Humility
I’ve recently taken up swimming and those long quiet stretches doing lengths got me thinking about the value of humility. I haven’t swum properly since I was pregnant with my first child and before that since I was a child myself. I’ve recently gone back to the pool as a fitness push –…
Lessons in Criminal Justice
I’ve been learning more about the youth justice system for a recent project and it’s hard not to come away with a deep sense of sadness. It feels like we are clinging to an antiquated set-up, and I struggle to see hope in a system that continues to put punishment at its heart…
The Word of the Year is Build
Somehow its 2024 already and we’re catapulted into the season of new years’ resolutions – new strategies, aspirations and ambitions for the brand shiny new year ahead. One thing I’ve done is complete the Year Compass – reflecting back on the year gone and looking forward to the year ahead. What I love…
The Power of Action Learning Sets
One of the passion projects I’ve been pursuing over the last few months where my work schedule has been a bit more spacious is Action Learning Sets. With 5 other lovely humans from a freelance network I’m part of, we embarked on an exploration of what they involved and how they would benefit…
The Feast and Famine of Freelancing
It’s a phrase I’ve heard so many times – that freelancing is all about feast or famine. Newbies and established players seem to agree on it, there will be times when you have more work than you know what to do with, and times when you worry how you’ll pay the mortgage. It’s…