Comments on: Effective Tips To Start Freelancing Without Getting Too Comfy http://www.noupe.com/freelance/effective-tips-to-start-freelancing-without-getting-too-comfy.html The Curious Side of Smashing Magazine Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:09:23 +0100 hourly 1 By: Jordon Allen http://www.noupe.com/freelance/effective-tips-to-start-freelancing-without-getting-too-comfy.html/comment-page-1#comment-279998 Jordon Allen Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:18:08 +0000 http://www.noupe.com/?p=41881#comment-279998 Very good tips. Hopefully everyone takes these seriously. Very good tips. Hopefully everyone takes these seriously.

]]> By: Gert van Duinen http://www.noupe.com/freelance/effective-tips-to-start-freelancing-without-getting-too-comfy.html/comment-page-1#comment-279632 Gert van Duinen Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:21:57 +0000 http://www.noupe.com/?p=41881#comment-279632 Wonderful article, pretty much based on real life facts. Been there, done that too. Also enjoyed reading the Structured Procrastination article. It's brilliant indeed. Wonderful article, pretty much based on real life facts. Been there, done that too. Also enjoyed reading the Structured Procrastination article. It’s brilliant indeed.

]]> By: Blaine Motsinger http://www.noupe.com/freelance/effective-tips-to-start-freelancing-without-getting-too-comfy.html/comment-page-1#comment-279581 Blaine Motsinger Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:53:52 +0000 http://www.noupe.com/?p=41881#comment-279581 I've been self employed for around 6 months now, and I love it. There is alot of freedom, but the hardest part for me is pursuing new clients, but its always worth it. As far as not having a boss... each clients is your boss. If you seek to please every client you have to the best of your ability, then serving will not get lazy. Its when you seek to please yourself and lose site of the fact that your business is to serve the needs of others that you start to get lazy. Theres tons of design work out there, you just have to dig. I’ve been self employed for around 6 months now, and I love it. There is alot of freedom, but the hardest part for me is pursuing new clients, but its always worth it.

As far as not having a boss… each clients is your boss. If you seek to please every client you have to the best of your ability, then serving will not get lazy.

Its when you seek to please yourself and lose site of the fact that your business is to serve the needs of others that you start to get lazy. Theres tons of design work out there, you just have to dig.

]]> By: teddy http://www.noupe.com/freelance/effective-tips-to-start-freelancing-without-getting-too-comfy.html/comment-page-1#comment-205103 teddy Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:34:21 +0000 http://www.noupe.com/?p=41881#comment-205103 too nice!! keep them coming! too nice!! keep them coming!

]]> By: brad http://www.noupe.com/freelance/effective-tips-to-start-freelancing-without-getting-too-comfy.html/comment-page-1#comment-128257 brad Sun, 23 May 2010 15:38:30 +0000 http://www.noupe.com/?p=41881#comment-128257 Excellent article, a brilliant read. I freelance two days a week at most (sometimes get called in to the office) so I haven't fully made the plunge, but some of these tips are definitely very on point in regards to effectively working well at home as a freelancer. I agree mostly on the part about being able to explore creative ideas. When I finish work, as you said after you get home, have dinner etc. etc. you are too exhausted to visit the ideas that you want too, but when you're working from home you can visit them as soon as they pop into your head. Excellent article, a brilliant read. I freelance two days a week at most (sometimes get called in to the office) so I haven’t fully made the plunge, but some of these tips are definitely very on point in regards to effectively working well at home as a freelancer. I agree mostly on the part about being able to explore creative ideas. When I finish work, as you said after you get home, have dinner etc. etc. you are too exhausted to visit the ideas that you want too, but when you’re working from home you can visit them as soon as they pop into your head.

]]> By: Dominique http://www.noupe.com/freelance/effective-tips-to-start-freelancing-without-getting-too-comfy.html/comment-page-1#comment-125606 Dominique Tue, 18 May 2010 14:20:53 +0000 http://www.noupe.com/?p=41881#comment-125606 Nicely done! If my slippers are kittens instead of rabbits, do I at least get props for creativity? No, in reality I wanted to say that I gave up a lot of money for freedom and it's much better for me, because I am one of these creative types you were mentioning. One of the great benefits is wearing jeans and actually--barefoot is the truth--no slippers. To keep from slipping, I have had a journey to discover the pieces of structure I need, and some of them are like the cubicle world, and some of them are my own. One of the most important things I did was figure out what things were torturous that I never wanted to do again, like wake up before dawn. It was freeing to feel like I could choose whether to do something or not do something--it was not to curb media addictions but to gain freedom. Basically, the great thing about independence is figuring out what works for me as a person, without having to "align" (corporate word) myself with the goals of groups that often act in bad faith. (But I am bitter from enacting the profit motive, and not everyone is.) My prayer to the silicon god: May all of us working for our own creative souls build a critical mass that turns this world away from its current destructive pathways!! Nicely done! If my slippers are kittens instead of rabbits, do I at least get props for creativity? No, in reality I wanted to say that I gave up a lot of money for freedom and it’s much better for me, because I am one of these creative types you were mentioning. One of the great benefits is wearing jeans and actually–barefoot is the truth–no slippers. To keep from slipping, I have had a journey to discover the pieces of structure I need, and some of them are like the cubicle world, and some of them are my own. One of the most important things I did was figure out what things were torturous that I never wanted to do again, like wake up before dawn. It was freeing to feel like I could choose whether to do something or not do something–it was not to curb media addictions but to gain freedom. Basically, the great thing about independence is figuring out what works for me as a person, without having to “align” (corporate word) myself with the goals of groups that often act in bad faith. (But I am bitter from enacting the profit motive, and not everyone is.) My prayer to the silicon god: May all of us working for our own creative souls build a critical mass that turns this world away from its current destructive pathways!!

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