7 Habits You As A Freelancer Need To Ditch

I’d comment on how much I need to ditch a procrastination habit but I’ll just go pop the kettle on first…

Nice article. I’d really like to know how you got the pic of my desk.
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Oh . . . this is soooo me !!!!

Straight to the point, frank, and brief. I like this! Great article. I can definitely relate to most of the points you mentioned. Guess that means I gotta start changing those habits now.
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Points 2 and 4 are for me.. Sometimes spending every moments finding tons of information isn’t the right way.
Nice Post
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Nice list! Some of these habits are harder to break than others. Important to note that you could easily remove the “freelancer” part of this post, and most (if not all) is still relevent for us cubicle dwellers.
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I probably shouldn’t be reading this article either.

I wonder how many freelancers are reading this now? when they should be working?

Great article :-]

Great article! I suffer from demiurgic displacement disorder and need to ditch that. LOL
For example, I spend too much time exhausting my creative energies on other projects while physically working on one.

I think you are right on all points. In addition to all of the above, I need to learn when to walk away from the computer.

1,5 & 7…not so much. All the other issues that you listed are present. You asked what else we may need to get rid of – I’d say that when I start off my day with my task list and take the time to meditate and quiet my mind, I get a lot more done. So adding those with fixing the list you gave would be the solution for me.

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I can definitely relate to these. I’ve just recently set rules for myself like starting the day with a 30-45 minute limit to do email, social networking, browsing, reading feeds, etc. Then I set/write down my goals for the day to keep me on track. One thing I would add to the list is to stop the binge eating .

Thanks for sharing. Will have to work on de-cluttering too.
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Great tips. I agree, that you need to limit the amount of surfing and browsing that is done. I try to limit mine to before I start the day, during lunch break and after I call it a day. I have separate email accounts, personal and work, my work email I do keep open in case something urgent comes through. My personal email only gets checked during lunch, late nights or if it’s a busy week not till the weekend.
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Good one….
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Good points.

Great article, found it while checking my twitter feed. @JCHume must put the kettle on now myself. Oh,,, out of milk. I’ll just pop down to the shop. Might get the paper too. Oh damn I need to do laundry, I’ll just pop that on first. Then back to work….

Wow! have you been spying on me? that sounds just like me and dare I say it most other webbies.

Thanks for the great article

Doh! I’m procrastinating aren’t I

Better go.

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Good post, thanks for the tips

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Lots of talk of kettles in here, one of my favorite subjects. I’m still trying to figure out why hardly anyone in the US owns an electric kettle!…so bizarre, in England everybody has one, even the Queen.
Great article by the way….
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Thank you for the great comments everyone! I think the consensus is that we’re all wasting time reading the article

I was procrastinating and trying to will myself to get productive when the idea for this article came through.

I suppose one can say that I used my procrastination to write about it

Great article, so true.
I’m a self-employed designer and I so often find myslf getting up… working………..going to bed and I’ve had my pyjamas on all day.

I’m planning on getting a big alarm clock to put next to my computer and when it rings, I WILL STOP WORKING!

LOL. 1.45pm here and I am still in my jammies. I also have about three hours of freelance writing to do and when I sat down at the computer this morning that is all I wanted to do. Haven’t even started yet. Sigh. Maybe another cup of tea will sort me out.

Most of us have these ‘symptoms’ at varying degrees. Particularly the “Right Away” disease is always at a feverish pitch.

Loved the article. It took a couple of weeks to get used to my inbox being shut while working and I am so glad I did it. Now, I have to work on internet browsing and learning when to walk away from my computer.

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Being a freelance voice talent, manager – I have been burning the candle at both ends. Going to extinguish at least one!

Excellent article and wonderful illustrations. Clutter will truly defeat being highly productive. I deviated by reading your worthwhile article and now back to work. (SMILE)

It is incredible! I pratically see myself though this post!

Very nice post and illustrations!

Distractions – probably the most serious problem for me, there are always tons of other things to be done

It’s really difficult to be a freelancer in a way that you can control your attitude. Since you are a freelancer, you can do everything you want based on your time and resources. However, if you can’t control yourself or discipline yourself this can cause you trouble.

Great post.
It’s so hard to keep work online, there are so much things around. Distraction and procrastination are hard to control.

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Great tips. Among these distraction is hard to control.

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Good post … Reminds me a lot about myself

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Are you talking about me?
Great post!

I suffer from all the problems except cluttering of my desk. I try to keep my desk as clean as possible. Thats a fad i have.

Distraction and over surfing affects me the most.

Great post and good points.

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As a freelancer i find time management tasks are good at making the most of my time. I can set the tasks during the start of the day put them on the timer and it tracks all the tasks and time taken.
Now i work 30% more faster.

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