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Me, Myself and I

  • July 31, 2019
  • by Sara Vickery-Bragg
There are so many benefits to working from home and for me, the flexibility, is the main reason I quit…
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Dadding It

  • May 29, 2018
  • by Alexis Kingsbury
Alexis Kingsbury lives in Stamford with his wife Sarah and their two kids. Since his early teens, he’s setup multiple…
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Disability and Freelancing

  • January 18, 2018
  • by Penelope Wincer
In an industry where self employment is the norm, I had no qualms when I became a photographer 12 years…
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Make Or Break

  • September 22, 2017
  • by Camilla Rigby
I’d like to discuss an unmentioned taboo: starting a business can seriously affect your relationship. I met my husband as…
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Leap of faith
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Leap Of Faith

  • August 2, 2017
  • by Karla Jones
“Last time you went on maternity leave you totally changed your entire work life. If you want to do it…
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Nothing Is Permanent

  • June 29, 2017
  • by Claudette Anderson
“How long are you going to be on your phone?” is a common question fired my way in our house.…
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Photograph by Emma Savage / Savage Aperture
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Daddy Every-Day Care

  • June 14, 2017
  • by Daniel Hurst
My wife and I have always been impulsive. This is possibly because we were friends for years before we got…
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(Just About) Making It Work As A Freelance Mum Of Two 

  • May 24, 2017
  • by Annie Ridout
After the birth of my firstborn, Joni, my full-time copywriting contract was immediately terminated. Despite having been working there over…
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Stephanie Gannon-Malcolm
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Doing It For The Sun

  • April 27, 2017
  • by Stephanie G-M
I had lived in the UK for 16 years before me and my soon-to-be family decided to pick up and…
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Freelance Family
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Freelance Family

  • March 22, 2017
  • by Penelope Wincer
A common theme when you talk to freelancing parents, is that the choice to leave the traditional 9 to 5…
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Good Health
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Good Health

  • March 7, 2017
  • by Rebecca Berzins
I can’t wait to bid good riddance to winter and with it, all the ill health. It seems like everyone…
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A PhD, Freelancing and Me

  • February 23, 2017
  • by Alexandra Appleton
Working for myself was never something I thought I’d end up doing or even be any good at. I stumbled…
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Sorry Not Sorry

  • February 20, 2017
  • by Amy Williams
Does anyone else find themselves apologising every time they want to have a moan about something — kids, work, partner,…
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Nadia Wood
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There’s No Team In I

  • February 16, 2017
  • by Nadia Wood
“There’s no I in team…” During my decade of “proper” work, I must have heard (and later, preached) that mantra…
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Freelancing Solo

  • February 8, 2017
  • by Penelope Wincer
You won’t be shocked to read that when I tell people I’m a freelance photographer, a single parent of two…
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Taking The Plunge

  • December 22, 2016
  • by Rebecca Berzins
As I embarked on my maternity leave from my 9-5 job people asked; “So when will you be back?” To…
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Monday

  • December 11, 2016
  • by Helen Martin
Wake up. Consider posting on Instagram. Post on Instagram and then instantly regret it as now have to look and…
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The Answer? #ThereIsntOne

  • December 8, 2016
  • by Katy Holbird
As a freelancer, it is sometimes necessary to develop the art of shameless self-promotion. We’ve all done it (or beaten…
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Show Me The Money

  • November 29, 2016
  • by Anna Whitehouse
This post has been republished on Doing It For The Kids with permission from the lovely Anna. To read the original…
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The Internet Is My Lifeline

  • November 20, 2016
  • by Louise Thomason
When I was employed in a 9-5 job I used to daydream about how great it would be to be…
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Asking for help
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It’s OK To Ask For Help

  • November 4, 2016
  • by Clio Wood
I think I’d forgotten what that felt like! Since the early, hellish, days of around the clock feeding, crying and pooing,…
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Freelance Life Before Kids vs Freelance Life After Kids

  • November 3, 2016
  • by Anya Hayes
My name is Anya and I’m a freelance scrappy mishmash… er, sorry I mean, I’m a freelance writer/editor and proofreader/project…
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Night Owl

  • November 2, 2016
  • by Helen Martin
My baby hasn’t been sleeping at night. I saw our Young-Carefree next door neighbour carrying his bike up the steps…
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