Comments on: Tuesday Freelance Take: Taking Time Off https://wordsonpageblog.com/2022/05/freelance-writing-blog-127.html a freelance writing resource. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:13:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dava https://wordsonpageblog.com/2022/05/freelance-writing-blog-127.html#comment-25720 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:13:55 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=8421#comment-25720 I’ve never been a good vacationer. When I had “real” jobs, I was too poor to have proper vacations. In the last few years, I’ve been experimenting. Last year, my daughters, their families, and my husband and I all went to the beach for four days. That was fun, and I managed to get most of the work I normally would have done during those four days completed before we left. A couple of years ago I took a full two weeks off at the end of the year. This year, I’ve leveled up a bit, and have a fair amount of new business and I’m not quite ready to tell them I’m taking off. I’m hoping by the fall a week away is possible. (there’s so much more to why it may or may not happen than guilt! I don’t feel at all guilty for taking time off. Just….harried? stressed? I’m not sure.)

Enjoy your travels this summer!

]]> By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2022/05/freelance-writing-blog-127.html#comment-25697 Tue, 31 May 2022 17:41:22 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=8421#comment-25697 In reply to Paula Hendrickson.

Exceptions do pay more, yes. Love it, Paula.
I think we need to set expectations by respecting our own time first. There are some clients I would give exceptions to. There are others in my past that I wouldn’t have made any exceptions for (hence they reason they are in my past). I’m flexible, but I’m also human. Sometimes I just need to disconnect entirely. We all do.

]]> By: Paula Hendrickson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2022/05/freelance-writing-blog-127.html#comment-25696 Tue, 31 May 2022 17:23:19 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=8421#comment-25696 I hope any exceptions include a double- or triple-pay, like an employee would get for working on a holiday.

I always try to take the last two weeks of the year off. I’ve turned down work, but haven’t lost any clients because of it. But last December I missed out of what would have been a cool interview with an actor who was also on his holiday break. The problem was the only time he had free was when I was going to be with family. So, sorry. I think the editor did that interview — someone did, because his quotes were added to the copy I’d filed a few days earlier.

It’s all about prioritizing yourself and your time.

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