As freelancers, no matter how hard we try to stay upbeat, focus on the positive and manage our work and non-work lives carefully, low moments happen. In Episode Four of In the Balance, I talk about how to create a low-moment survival kit so that you can deal with feeling overwhelmed, getting … [Read more...] about In the Balance: dealing with low moments
In the Balance
Work/life balance advice for beginners: pace yourself
As I mentioned in my last post, I've been enjoying hosting In the Balance (video series on work-life balance). It's a topic I think about a lot, probably not least of all because I live in a "lifestyle town" (an expression that I learned only recently!) where prioritizing one's non-work interests is … [Read more...] about Work/life balance advice for beginners: pace yourself
Videos: In the Balance
Since the beginning of September, I've been doing a video series called In the Balance for Andrew Morris' Facebook group, Standing Out. The series focuses on work-life balance issues that translators, and freelancers in general, face. It's been a lot of fun to create the (very basic; I'm not much of … [Read more...] about Videos: In the Balance