I'm not a great "tough love" advice-dispenser, but I'm going to give it a try. I work with a lot of beginning translators in my online course (shameless self-promo: the next session starts on April 3 and there are four spots left!). When I follow up with students over the months and years after they … [Read more...] about Why do some freelance translators fail?
Working from home
Adventures in co-working
After almost a decade of working from home and (mostly) loving it, at some point in 2012 something really changed for me. Fairly suddenly, I started feeling more trapped than liberated in my home office, and feeling like it was hard to carve out uninterrupted work time amid the myriad of household … [Read more...] about Adventures in co-working
Wrapping up 2012
It's snowing here in Colorado and the last day of school is Friday, meaning that it's time to put some wrapping paper on 2012 and call it a year! I always find it helpful to look over my accomplishments and failures for the current year and set some goals for the next year. So here … [Read more...] about Wrapping up 2012
Getting it done: managing your time as a freelancer
As freelancers, we wear a lot of hats. Some days, I feel like translation is the easy part of my job: the harder parts being my roles as an accountant, marketing director, customer relations manager, office ergonomics expert, and so on and so on, not to mention the rewarding but time-consuming gigs … [Read more...] about Getting it done: managing your time as a freelancer
I love TracFone…there, I said it!
For someone who doesn't love talking on the phone, I seem to talk and write about phone service quite a bit. My 2011 post about options for home office phone service generated a lively discussion, so now let's talk about cell phones! And for what it's worth, I'm still quite happy with my Vonage … [Read more...] about I love TracFone…there, I said it!