Hey there fellow freelancer! A quick note to say that I'm about three hours from shutting it down for an entire luxurious end-of-year week off and I'm pumped! I have six books I want to read. Prolly not gonna happen. I'm with my family and getting ready to just spend some time with …
Freelancing and Identity
PART 1: TURNING YOUR HOBBY INTO YOUR CAREER I’ve done it twice. I won’t do it again. First with gardening and with paddleboarding. I always loved plants. Have gardened since I could walk. At each of my parents’ houses I had a flowerbed that I could call my own. I dug up half the yard at one …
List it!
Hello! Are the holidays slowing your business down? Trying to frantically get everything done? No time for planning? SHUT UP KATIE I CAN'T SQUEEZE ANYTHING ELSE ON MY PLATE. Sure you can. If Susan can eat 4 plates at Thanksgiving Dinner (Susan is my tiniest friend. Thanksgiving is …
Freelancer: Make an offer – any offer!
The ONE thing I sometimes miss about a clock punching job is paid time off. However, the tradeoff is flexibility and basically I WOULD NOT GIVE THAT UP FOR ANYTHING. I'm getting ready to go visit my parents for a whopping 10 DAYS (INCOMING MOMMA) and I'll do work during the non holiday part …
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Small Business Saturday
I know I said I wasn't going to email you until after Thanksgiving. Go ahead and throw tomatoes at me! (Or turkey necks. You probably have one of those sitting around. Ew.)You're busy making pies or avoiding making pies, so Imma be fast: I'm emailing because I made you a Small …
You’re the Boss of You
Have you ever said any of these things to yourself? "Well, I never know when I'll get XX thing from XX client." "I can't turn off notifications because XX expects me to email back immediately." "I hate it when XX doesn't do XX what I ask of them." "I always have to follow behind XX to …
Warming Oven
Guys, I made you something! But first: it's Katie from MakeMeaFreelancer. It has been a super busy month, thanks to all of you. I hope you're catching all of my Facebook Live videos. A new one is about to start in a few minutes over here. Did you see this AMAZINGLY AWESOME …
Why I Hang My Running Medals Above My Desk
One of my best good friends, Susan, told me one time, "Everyone needs to do something that makes them feel good about themselves." Not something that they're good at. Something that makes them feel proud, happy, good. Something that makes them feel these things inside, regardless of what the …
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Time Management for Freelancers
My Facebook Live this week is about time management for Freelancers. Everyone's favorite topic! You can watch the replay here. I will do blog post transcript eventually that you can look at if you're more of a reader than a watcher. However, in the meantime, I mention a few tips and things in …
What the HECK is a One Sheet?
That up there is a one sheet that my team made for Ellen Zachos, a.k.a. The Backyard Forager. She wrote a fantastic book called Wildcrafted Cocktails and she is on the road to promote it. (We also made her FREE cookbooklet, so you're gonna want to click the link and grab a copy because it is …
