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Working as a freelancer definitely has its benefits, the long hours are not one of them lol :D
As a freelancer you have to see everything like you're a business owner, because you pretty much are. You are working for yourself and making a living doing so. The long hours you invest in making money to put food on the table is worth it if you don't have to answer to a boss at the end of the day. If you mess something up, it's your own fault and no one elses. You learn as you go and that's one of the best ways to become successful I think. If someone is truly dedicated to working full time as a freelancer then they will put in the time and get those commissions or sales.
When I started working online I was only dabbling because I had a full time job. I worked 40+ hours a week and after every shift I would come home and be online for a few hours learning techniques and tricks to make money online. After I left my job I bounced around a few other companies but I couldn't find a good fit with any of them. I knew that I had to work for myself because at every job I had I hated answering to people who had IQs that matched a rock lol.
I work a lot, more than 40 hours a week, and I love it. It doesn't even feel like work because I like what I do :D
I do have time to be with my family and friends because I can set my own schedule. If my little girl is with her grandparents I'll typically work during the morning until I go out to lunch with a friend. After that I'll work until my girlfriend comes home and then we'll watch a movie and have a glass of wine.
Working for yourself as a freelancer has great benefits, you just have to love what you do :D
Entrepreneurs and Freelancers are the only people who will work 60+ hours a week so that they don't have to work 40 hours for a boss :D
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This eventually turned into a health hazard as it's not sustainable and this also actually landed me in the hospital. Partially because I was already sick and working all that time didn't allow my body to recover. So I learned from that mistake, and try to take it easy. I like to work mostly via the weekdays, either in the mornings, or during the afternoons.
If you want, you can always set up a time to work, say from like 6am to 2pm.. that's 8 hours, a normal working day. Or you can try to accomplish all the things you need to get done in 4 hours and use the rest of the day to be with family. One may think that the more they work the more money they will earn, however I saw that it wasn't the case.
I was constantly working, and trying to get things done within timeframes and it totally backfired on me. Not only did I have to stop working, I had to rethink everything because of my income was due to me working online, and I was out of money. This was a scary time as I didn't know where to work anymore so I had to find a 9 to 5 job and didnt want that.
I later had to move due to some issues where I was living, it's a long story, and it had nothing to do on my part. However, I recovered from all of this, and doing quite well with the schedule I currently have. Here's my schedule:
6 to 8am, I wake up, and eat breakfast
Around 10 to 12 I eat lunch
Around 5 to 7 I eat dinner
Around 11 to 1 i go to sleep.
It's never really the same, there is no set times but it seems to work for me. At this moment, I'm actually waking up later in the day due to me trying to finish a MMORPG gaming script and trying to research for a new vehicle as well. However, I'll fix my schedule in the next few days. For me it depends on the work load. I like to work my butt off on week days, and use the weekends to relax, and recoup. I use to just constantly work for hours on end and this eventually led me to be behind on everything. I was so stressed, and literally had no time for anything. I would wake up and work and go to sleep and repeat day after day. This eventually turned into a health hazard as it's not sustainable and this also actually landed me in the hospital. Partially because I was already sick and working all that time didn't allow my body to recover. So I learned from that mistake, and try to take it easy. I like to work mostly via the weekdays, either in the mornings, or during the afternoons. If you want, you can always set up a time to work, say from like 6am to 2pm.. that's 8 hours, a normal working day. Or you can try to accomplish all the things you need to get done in 4 hours and use the rest of the day to be with family. One may think that the more they work the more money they will earn, however I saw that it wasn't the case. I was constantly working, and trying to get things done within timeframes and it totally backfired on me. Not only did I have to stop working, I had to rethink everything because of my income was due to me working online, and I was out of money. This was a scary time as I didn't know where to work anymore so I had to find a 9 to 5 job and didnt want that. I later had to move due to some issues where I was living, it's a long story, and it had nothing to do on my part. However, I recovered from all of this, and doing quite well with the schedule I currently have. Here's my schedule: 6 to 8am, I wake up, and eat breakfast Around 10 to 12 I eat lunch Around 5 to 7 I eat dinner Around 11 to 1 i go to sleep. It's never really the same, there is no set times but it seems to work for me. At this moment, I'm actually waking up later in the day due to me trying to finish a MMORPG gaming script and trying to research for a new vehicle as well. However, I'll fix my schedule in the next few days.
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