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By: Lori Widmer

Lori Widmer — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:40:10 +0000

Anne, exactly. If you don't put in the hard work, you don't see the full benefits in front of you.

Cathy, so true. Without the effort, the business fails.

Amen, Paula! I can be sick a few days and still meet my deadlines. No, I hate working in my PJs, too. Clothes, please!

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:10:24 +0000

Piggybacking on Anne's comment, I feel successful as a freelancer as long as I can pay my bills without having to work in someone else's office.

Then again, since I've never been very money-focused, I tend to enjoy the less tangible benefits of freelancing. The hours may be long, but they're also flexible. If I want to take Tuesday off I can make up time on the weekend or by starting earlier a couple days.

One thing I will never do, however, is work in my PJs. (Hanging out all day in PJs is not fun when you have nosy neighbors and a dog who needs to go outside.)

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:02:48 +0000

Lori, your entire post shares this fact ~ Freelancing is a business and I, like I imagine many freelancers, learned how to face that fact – or should I say, continue to learn?

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:16:41 +0000

Lori, I think the biggest lesson for me has been I get out of freelance writing just about what I put into it. Sure, it's often hard work. But for me it's not nearly as part is going to someone else's office every day.