Diana Marinova

Freelance Mentor & Marketing Consultant

7 Working from Home Pros and Cons You Should Know

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Before I start with the working from home pros and cons, let me make a note – this post is about working from home as a freelancer. They may or may not be true for telecommuting employees who have flexible working hours or work from home. Read on.

Recently I find many people question the whole idea of being a freelancer for odd reasons – like social isolation, or crazy working hours, or fast and famine cycle which is supposedly a characteristic of every freelancer’s life (which it isn’t)… I once blogged about some popular myths about freelancing – so today I’ll build on that and shed some light on 7 pros and cons as I see them.

5 Freelance Tips to Battle Procrastination

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When you find yourself postponing complex or urgent tasks and doing simple and not important tasks instead – that’s procrastination. I won’t get into the “technical” details of what procrastination is and how to cope with the psychological side of the problem. Instead, I will give you a few practical examples from my experience when freelancers procrastinate and what to do not to turn procrastination into a habit.

Why Freelance Social Isolation Is a Myth

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I am tired of people saying freelancers suffer from social isolation. And what’s even worse – putting an equal sign between being a freelancer and being socially isolated. It’s a myth. Any individual on a regular 9-to-5 job can be as much socially isolated as a freelancer; and every freelancer can be as much socially connected as everybody else on a regular job. Your work place doesn’t have to do much with it. See why.

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