Life of a Freelancer ;(
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- GetRefresh0
Hit the pipe once in awhile.
- JSK0
^ get a friend. Like another puppy
- dMullins0
I recently got a puppy to help with working from home all the time. It's really helped, now if only I could figure out a way to stop his whining in his cage at night and when I put him in it during the day.
- moldero0
"I also tend to work very hard and don't know when to take a break or take recreational time."
i remember when I used to do this, my friends used to have to force me out of the house, i would look at the sun and say "what the fuck is that!?"
I freelance again now, but I don't do that anymore.
- akrok0
oh yeah.
- epete220
I work out of my apt. if you get lonely go to the strip clubs for lunch, they always have a buffet and some hunnies to chat with.
- madirish0
you have not been at this long, it is clear. not a cut on you one bit, but I can genuinely tell you that learning for yourself 'how' you work and work best, is more important than what you work best on.
take some time, let it settle in, and everything will be alright. the waves are made for riding, not to be forced into a new form.
- Amicus0
Hmm... thinking about all this. Any freelancers in Melbourne who would like to share office space in the future? I work much better with people around, and I'm sure other freelancers might as well.
- Cptn_Uncanny0
Not to sure how your situation is, but often if I liked the company that was contracting me (cool people) then I tried to work on site as much as possible... Get to know people, make friends... It helps with the schedule and you can get a lot of networking done.
- cannonball0
The benefits of working freelance is that the majority of the time brainstorming can be done when you are doing your housework. It's time efficient.
It's also critical that you get someone you can bounce your ideas off of, and not your girlfriend. Someone who knows their shit, and isn't online somewhere.
- cosmoo0
just keep yourself busy and everything will be alright.
- sofakingbanned0
When you feel down do what I do....
XBOX 360!!!!!!!! hahaha I'm joking its very counter productive.* typed as I wait for COD5 to load.
- ItTango0
Need to schedule your recreation as much as anything else.
We tend to ignore normal schedules and work ourselves into a rut.
These days when I begin to feel the walls closing in, I get the f*ck out. There are always errands to run or some other tasks I've been putting off... always some random gallery or bookstore to visit for a few minutes.
I schedule my playtime and take it seriously.
When all else fails and I feel a whine coming on, I consider those people scarfing down their lunches and scurrying back to their cubicles in ugly windowless offices.
Then I shut the hell up.
- janne760
i killed too many co-workers and project managers in the past. i ran out of ideas of where to dump the corpses..
so then i figured.. this can't go on like this forever..
so i went freelance.
- ...'pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers'babaganush
- kerus0
yeah freelancing induces a bit of cabin fever for sure. have an office now which will hopefully help me get a schedule down a bit more, but the social aspect (or lack thereof) still sucks. especially in friggin connecticut... oh well!
- tank020
I love it. I hate co-workers.
- pr20
well it gets weird when one cat lies on your chest while the other one is asleep at your feet... (it's happening right now)
- fusionpixel0
i didnt know you could hot link to facebook... hummm