Flexible Working Life

I haven’t blogged in a while, so this post is a kind of apology and to also say that things are going to change, blogging wise.

Work has been crazy and on top of that, I’ve had a poorly child to look after…so things here have been upside down.
I know my previous posts have all been about how to prioritize workload and maximise your time, but when children are on the scene, it’s all you can do to have five minutes on the internet at all.  My set routines of spending only a set amount of time doing certain jobs had to fall away as I’ve been working early morning, late nights and any chance I got.

Thankfully, all has now returned to normal, so as well as settling back into my lovely daily work routine, I’m able to start with new projects.  The first idea I’m going to research is, how to work at home, with children when disaster happens.
If anyone has any tips – I’m listening.

The other day, my sister said ‘You don’t really work, do you?”
“What?!”  I said thinking of the many hours, day and night that I’m glued to this keyboard, “Of course I work!”
“Yeah,” She went on, “But not real work, not like where you have to be at a desk at a time and like, that’s it.”

Despite her thinking that my work is not ‘real’ work (whatever that is) she does have a point.
The perks of working at home are that I don’t have to be at this desk at 8am every morning.  But I don’t have to leave it at 6pm either and in fact, although this is a huge bonus, if I’m not careful I can find myself checking email constantly and writing well into the wee hours of the morning. [Read more]

One thing I constantly mull over as a freelancer, is how I can increase my turnover.
I love my job and I’m lucky to have a steady stream of ideas and work coming in, but when I look back over my week, there seems to be a lot of time that I can’t account for.

I want to produce articles more quickly, get more efficient with my research, get commissions quicker and generally stop messing about. I think it must be the same with any freelancing position, there is always the question about increasing your turnover.

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Ages ago, before I broke into the world of freelancing, someone asked me if I worked for money or happiness. It didn’t take a second for me to reply.

The work I did at the time was for money.
I sat in a cubicle for eight hours a day, came home exhausted and had to use my free time at the weekend to catch up on chores. I can safely say that at that time, nothing about work made me happy. I’m painting a grim picture, I know, and I also know that many people adore working in an office, but my point is, if I asked you that question today, what would be your answer?

I have a friend, he works in a factory as a floor manager and he despises his job. Whenever I see him out of work, he talks about work. He complains about the people he works with, [Read more]

Some people reading this will already have a blog, but is it a blog that makes money?

I’m pretty new to the money-for-blogging arena, but I recognise that it’s simply one of the best flexible jobs out there.
You can blog about what you love, express opinions freely and if you do it the right way, you can be paid for it.

As I’m at the start of this journey, I thought I’d blog about my experiences so far and how my blog is now starting to pay for itself, as well as ways to set up a blog that will make money.

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