Tweet photo via Great Beyond There’s been a ton of buzz on the web lately about balance and schedules and how to keep up to par with the Jones’s, now that they too are all online. So what’s the secret for getting things done when you are a stay at home freelancer like me? Unfortunately, there’s no secret formula. I admit that like everyone else I succumb to bouts of procrastination every now and again. The lure of online sales, blog feeds and Twitter updates are hard to keep at bay especially when stress comes calling.
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Tweet In elementary school, we had to write a journal article entitled, “What is my worst habit.” I cringed when I reread it, crossing my fingers that I didn’t declare something utterly embarrassing. When I read “nail biter,” I thought “guess not much has changed.” Although I have been known to grow these nails long enough to get a mani pedi once in awhile, I did choose a nail biter of a career so my habit is understandable. What is it about writing that makes me bite the tips of my poor fingernails?
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Tweet 1. That you need be thick-skinned to handle a mind-blowing number of rejections but be thin-skinned enough to be an observant, sensitive, intuitive and honest writer. 2. Publishers can get away with a lot like promising to pay you and then suddenly disappearing into thin air. 3. That you need to have an insane amount of faith (comparable to the number of rejections you receive). 4. That this would be the best and yet the hardest job of my life. I’m talking 10 hrs a night and weekends. 5. That you need to be good at everything (marketing, accounting,…
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Tweet You can check out my profile on LinkedIn but here are just a few things… “Brandi is a Rock Star! Her duties were to schedule a team of 3 people to bring LLS into the community. Not only was she organized, on-target, she worked with little or no supervision. We explained her role in our Light The Night Walk and she took it and delivered. She was directly responsible for growing our program in the San Jose area by 50%.” -May 2008, Margie Boyce, Special Events Manager, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society