by Lizzie | 8th October 2015 | Lifestyle
The biggest pull for a lot of freelancers is the opportunity to have more time to do the things they love. To spend less time commuting and building someone else’s brand and more time working hard at building their own to give them the freedom they’ve always dreamt...
by Lizzie | 6th October 2015 | Lifestyle
September’s gone already, who can believe it? I was just settling into the month and then I looked up and it had gone. I’m enjoying the autumnal weather, though, and the cosy feelings that this time of year brings – warm jumpers, crisp morning walks, and even more hot...
by Lizzie | 29th September 2015 | Lifestyle
Sometimes I talk to myself. Sometimes I talk to myself more than I’ll talk to anyone else in a given day. Sometimes, I start to think talking to myself is normal. This might well be a sign that I’m fast heading for crazy-land, but it’s more likely that it’s a result...
by Lizzie | 3rd September 2015 | Lifestyle
In my August recap the other day I made a little bit of an announcement. I didn’t want to go into too much detail there because I think it deserves its own post entirely. I mean, I don’t want to push it into a corner or anything. In fact, I want to sing it from the...
by Lizzie | 1st September 2015 | Lifestyle
Oh man, seriously! August slipped through my fingers quicker than anything and I’m still not quite sure how I’m sitting here on the 1st September writing this post after it feels like I wrote last month’s recap just yesterday. It was actually my 25th birthday...
by Lizzie | 27th August 2015 | Lifestyle
“Lizzie, do you really need to be on your phone at this time?” “I’m emailing a client,” I replied to my mum who was sitting on the sofa next to me in our holiday cottage in Yorkshire. It was almost 11pm and I was responding to a client offer after a day spent hiking,...
by Lizzie | 30th July 2015 | Lifestyle
I like reading monthly recaps that delve into peoples’ lives, don’t you? There’s something enticing about seeing how others live, so imma indulge you guys in this from now on… Lucky you! Instead of just an “I did this, this, this, this, and this” type post each month,...
by Lizzie | 20th July 2015 | Lifestyle
It seems that the world and his/her wife has a blog these days, doesn’t it? There’s enough people harking on about their cats or discussing their daily diets to keep procrastination levels sky high, and it seems like the whole blogosphere is so over-saturated it’s in...
by Lizzie | 16th July 2015 | Life Lessons, Lifestyle
The word professional is bandied around like nobody’s business. It seems to be the go-to word to add a bit of leverage to any given phrase. Professional writer. Professional singer. Professional tea-lover. Why can’t it just be “writer”, “singer”, or “tea-lover”? What...
by Lizzie | 13th July 2015 | Lifestyle
Usually, being a freelancer means you can up sticks to whichever destination suits you best. There’s no location dependence involved and, more often than not, you can save a tonne of money by setting up camp in another country. As most of you know, I spent the last...
by Lizzie | 23rd June 2015 | Lifestyle
From a young age we’re told that we need to go to school to get a good education so we can get a good job so we can support our family. Everything is laid out in stages like checkpoints in a video game. Once we complete each level, we can give ourselves a pat on the...
by Lizzie | 18th June 2015 | Freelancing, Lifestyle
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