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Work/life balance

Jun 06 2018
Corinne McKay

Freelancing with baby: the first year

This is a guest post by Rachel Sinn, a Spanish to English medical and pharmaceutical translator based in Colorado. I asked Rachel to write a post on her experiences managing her freelance business since giving birth to her first baby eight months ago. Specifically, Rachel has managed to juggle motherhood and freelancing while using little […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Freelancing, Work/life balance, Working from home

Oct 02 2017
Corinne McKay

Work/life balance: “I can’t” versus “I choose not to”

The fourth quarter is upon us as of today, and along with it, the mad rush that always seems to come at the end of the year. Fourth quarter is nearly always my busiest in terms of work volume–add to that the ATA conference, planning for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, and my daughter’s mountain […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Work/life balance · Tagged: freelance work/life balance, work/life balance for freelancers

Dec 09 2016
Corinne McKay

Work/life balance tip: you need some slow, non-word hobbies

As someone who lives in a “lifestyle town” (a term I only recently learned, connoting a place where people move for the quality of life), I love talking to other people about what they do when they’re not working. Some people work all the time. Some people’s hobbies are pretty standard: movies, eating out. Some […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Work/life balance · Tagged: slow hobbies, work/life balance

Jan 25 2016
Corinne McKay

In the Balance: tips for perfectionists and overachievers

If you’re a successful freelancer, chances are that you’re a perfectionist, an overachiever, or both. These traits have a lot of pluses: no one wants to work with someone who’s sloppy, late and doesn’t sweat the details. But they can also have some negative consequences, such as causing you misery and chipping away at your […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Videos, Work/life balance · Tagged: In the Balance, work-life balance for freelancers, work-life balance for translators

Dec 17 2015
Corinne McKay

Analyzing your own tendencies

Here’s a 30-second summary of this post: as a freelancer, you’ll find that some things feel effortless and some things feel like pushing a cement mixer up a hill. Analyze the difficult things and figure out how to make them less difficult, and your life will be much easier. This post was inspired by a […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Money, Productivity, Work/life balance · Tagged: money management for freelancers, time management for freelancers

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