Comments on: Guest Post: Freelancers Finding Serenity

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:19:14 +0000

Very true, Ashley. It’s when you’ve proven yourself that you can ask for that little wiggle room. 🙂

Thanks for hosting me, Cathy. 🙂

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:39:38 +0000

In reply to Lori. Lori, thanks for your continued support and another great guest post. You rock!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:39:04 +0000

In reply to Ashley.

Good point, Ashley. Maybe it’s an age thing, but I don’t take the rush jobs. My personal life has too many commitments and I promised myself when I left the corporate days behind that I would not put that stress on me.

Thanks, Sharon and Ashley, for your comments.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:00:25 +0000

It also could be that the client has been burned in the past by an unreliable writer, so they want to make sure they build in a little wiggle room. By proving I can make the deadlines I promise to make, or decline projects I can’t finish on time, they learn to trust and don’t worry because they know when I say I’ll have it by this day, I’ll have it finished! Building those relationships helps a lot. But I’m like you. I’m guilty of taking quick turn-around projects and working all weekend. That’s the downside to being reliable … They come to you because they know no one else could make their short deadline!

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:19:37 +0000

Yea, I think sometimes the deadlines are arbitrary, Sharon. They get it in their heads that it HAS to be delivered by this date, when in fact they’re not looking at it for the next two weeks.

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:51:30 +0000

You’re so right, Lori. I have learned (the hard way) to set boundaries for client time and to arrange deadlines that allow me to meet both personal and professional commitments.