Combining career and home life

Sandy

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Combining career and home life

« on: April 23, 2007 »

Balance is what most people appeal to when they discuss career vs. home issue. That is quite understandable. For what can be better than a healthy combination of career growth and home life?! Anyone willing to share experience on the matter? Wink


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Re: Combining career and home life

« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2007 »

I think writers' balance is in most cases in harmony. I spend a lot of time at home, I write and perform research with the help of my PC and I don't need go to the office. Usually all materials could be sent by e-mail and the payment can be made into account. Working in such a way we, writers save our time which we would spent to get to work. There are a lot of benefits for writers to keep career and home issues in balance.


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Re: Combining career and home life

« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2007 »

Finding balance - this one can be tough for me. I have a toddler, and I started freelancing during my pregnancy, after the burdens of my "day job" were causing me a lot of undue stress. I wanted to stay home with my daughter, and I have always loved writing, so a freelance writing career from home was a natural choice for me. It hasn't been easy, though. It's really hard to find the time to make deadlines around a two year olds nap schedule. I've been lucky in that the majority of my writing jobs allow me to not have to worry about strict deadlines, and I have a few ongoing projects that are very flexible that bring in a steady pay check. But it took me about a year to find the best routine to keep me most productive. I can't say I really have many complaints. The freelance life is MUCH MUCH better than the daily commutes, screaming bosses, etc.... at least, for me.


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Re: Combining career and home life

« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2007 »

I agree with Angela. Freelance opportunities give much freedom to people and they are not exposed to regular stresses that almost full time job offers. And that’s very important for a pregnant. But I cannot arrange that regular cash flow. In some period I earn enough for living and saving but this time is often followed by period of standstill because I get no writing jobs or they are very small. Angela, how do you make these writing jobs regular if it’s not your secret? Wink

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