Tag: Time Management

How do you manage your time as a freelance writer? PART THREE

In PART ONE of this topic, we established that managing activities is only one part of the equation. In PART TWO, I introduced the crucial element of scheduling in a way that feeds motivation rather than increase the likelihood of burnout. In this post, I’ll describe the final three (out of five total) techniques that work for me at the present time. These are:

How do you manage your time as a freelance writer? PART TWO

In PART ONE of this topic, we established that managing activities is only one part of the equation. What’s crucial is to schedule them in a way that feeds motivation rather than increase the likelihood of burnout. So in this post, I’ll describe the first two of five total techniques that work for me at the present time. If you see something here that you can emulate, great! I hope it works for you as well.

Five techniques that ensure I stay on track with my freelance career:

How do you manage your time as a freelance writer? PART ONE

When I was young, I used to fantasize about having a remote control that could pause time and freeze everyone (except me) in place. I’d imagine all the things I could do while the passage of time was on hold. Of course, an added advantage was having everyone else paused along with it. There’d be quiet and stillness as well as solitude. Think of all the books I could finish. Imagine all the projects I could get done. Oh, and all the sleeping-in and loafing about I could do instead of rushing around.