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…
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Day in The Life
One of my favourite things about being freelance is the variety it provides. Wednesday felt like a particularly good example of that variety, as well as the brain-stretch you need to keep jumping between different work, so here’s another insight into a day in the life of a charity consultant: 6am ish: Wake…
Week in the Life
This week is a continuation of the balancing act, with three active clients taking up roughly 4 days total each week. I’m doing different roles and work for each and sometimes I’m able to keep the work very boundaried to specific days, and some weeks I end up doing bits for all of…
House of Plague
I spoke too soon. Our germs a few weeks ago were barely illness. This week we have the whole house (bar one) falling and it’s about to get ugly. We’ve got the littlest home from nursery, not sleeping overnight and being a limpet in need of comfort throughout the day, we’re getting not…
Overcommitted
So. I admit it. I’ve done it. I’ve overcommitted myself, and its uncomfortable. I now have almost exactly the number of hours contracted work as I have hours available to work. Perfect, right? Wrong! Work doesn’t stay in neat little day boxes, tasks don’t always finish on time and no breathing space means…
Freelancing in a Fug
In the standard rotation that comes having small children, we enjoyed a few solid healthy, productive weeks then we suddenly all came down with the germs again this week. It’s hard deciding whether its better to have a poorly child, so that at least you’re well enough to work where you can around…
A Day in the Life
I’ve always wondered what working for yourself would be like – I probably had those fairy tale images a lot of people have about easy starts to the day, midday exercise, working in cafes and all this space to fit the extra bits of life into. The reality is a bit different, not…