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Preparing for the Summer Holidays

Preparing for the Summer Holidays

Discover effective strategies for freelancers to prepare for summer holidays, including batching content, boosting sales in July, managing childcare, and setting client expectations for a stress-free August break.

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What are the childcare options for freelancers?

What are the childcare options for freelancers?

Are you freelance with kids, or thinking of going freelance when you've got a family? Then you'll need to know what the options are for childcare for freelancers! Thanks to Nina from the Freelance Lifestylers Facebook Group for the inspiration for this post. Prefer to...

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How to survive the summer holidays as a freelance parent

How to survive the summer holidays as a freelance parent

This summer will be my last one before my son starts school, and school holidays become a Real Thing. It's all a bit unnerving as a freelancer! So I've been thinking about how to survive the summer holidays as a freelance parent, and I've come up with some survival...

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Freelance Life: Before and After kids

Freelance Life: Before and After kids

Before I had Oscar, I had a very naive idea of how I would mix the freelance life and parenting. I'm not sure if I assumed I'd have one of those children who happily just sat down doing one thing for ages, or I just assumed that I'd have more energy than I do. But the...

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Freelancing and Pregnancy – The Challenges

Freelancing and Pregnancy – The Challenges

Well, I'm 18 weeks into this pregnancy adventure. If you read the classic baby books or rely on TV/films for your pregnancy knowledge (like I did), you'll be under the impression that this is the joyous time when the first trimester is out of the way, the nausea wears...

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A little Freelance Lifestyle announcement

A little Freelance Lifestyle announcement

I'm not usually one for 'sorry I've not been blogging' posts. But I've been quiet on the blog for a really nice reason this time (rather than my usual 'life got busy and I let it slide' one.) Peter and I are excitedly expecting a baby, in July. As Lego is an ongoing...

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