I heard some great advice once: “Bite off more than you can chew, then chew like hell.”
The quote is attributed to the late-Peter Brock, an Australian race car driver. I’m not sure what inspired Brock, but the sentiment
Last month I created an account on the streaming video app Periscope. Then, not knowing exactly what I was supposed to do, I did nothing. After several weeks, I mustered up the courage to do a my first broadcast—called
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Google Calendar is immensely useful, but it’s missing a crucial feature: the ability to mark a calendar event completed.
In the “Tasks” column in
From the minute I started freelance writing, I was hooked. Writing gives me a way to express myself, be creative, connect with interesting people—and get paid to do it. What’s not to like?
I anticipated the freedom and flexibility
Striking out on your own can be scary. Gone are the regular paychecks, the company health insurance and benefits, and the retirement plan. You may even find yourself having to defend your choice to your friends and loved ones.
Freelancers really value their freedom. A survey conducted by Freelancers Union last year found that right behind earning extra money, the most common reason for going freelance was to have scheduling flexibility.
As important as flexibility is to designing a
Do you have a work project you’re putting off? Maybe something that’s challenging or just not very enjoyable? If you find yourself having trouble getting started, there’s a simple trick that can help you break through the barrier of
No matter what field you work in, chances are good that you will, at some point, need high-quality photos. These days, it’s not enough to throw any old thing up as a header image. With all the noise online, you
For years, I’ve called myself a freelance writer. A few weeks ago, however, something happened that made me rethink my stubbornness about referring to myself a freelancer.
I was at a presentation and the speaker was going around chatting
My on-again, off-again relationship with yoga stretches back 20 years to the time I first stumbled through a friend’s yoga class, not having a clue what I was doing and hanging on for dear life to keep from tipping