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Ah, the weekend beginneth.

I have ingredients to make lentil soup and yoghurt, which I'm super happy about (will probably eat those separately, especially since I'm going to make vanilla flavoured yoghurt). My mood has been low lately, so I'm trying to boost my poor depleted microbiome...

Tomorrow is the usual shopping day with Dad and then mostly at home, since I've got a fair bit of freelance stuff to catch up on, plus the endless PhD edits. I know they will end eventually but I've done the easy-to-do bits and now there's the actually-changing-stuff bits. More effort required = more procrastination. Pretty sure there's a direct correlation between those. Maybe I'll procrastinate by seeing if anyone has written a paper on that.

Tonight I'm putting aside some time to write emails to two friends plus I need to organise a catchup with another friend next week. I said this week wasn't great because I was busy but it occurs to me that next week could well be busier, but also... that is a recurring theme so I am just going to make a date and fit it in because otherwise there is no time for excellent friend chats (and good chats are life, aren't they?)

Ended the workweek on a high by booking a week of holidays in September. I'm planning to travel to Perth and see my favourite Perthlings, plus the Terracotta Warriors, hooray!

#work#today#weekend

This week's freelance question is: What are your niches and how did you find them?

For me they are:

Sector: IT for financial services
Programming language: PHP
Type of work: Bespoke/legacy applications
Working arrangement: Retainer-based

Though not all of my work falls into my niche (I'll happily take work outside it - I'm a coin-operated monkey at the end of the day).

Full details in blog post:

phpdeveloper.org.uk/what-are-y

www.phpdeveloper.org.ukWhat are your niches and how did you find them? – PHP Developer

This week's freelance question is: Why and how do you set client financial exposure limits?

I started doing this after losing one regular client and nearly losing another one (due to factors external to me and the client). It mitigates the risk of losing income due to project cancellations, failure to pay, needing to fire a client for any reason (persistent late payment, not respecting professional boundaries etc.)

phpdeveloper.org.uk/why-and-ho

www.phpdeveloper.org.ukWhy and how do you set client financial exposure limits? – PHP Developer
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A couple of resources for freelancers spring to mind:

Especially if you're in the UK, Matthew Knight's work around supporting freelancers, and sharing our challenges, is useful: freelancingsupport.substack.co ; but globally applicable.

Similarly global, but especially if you're in the US, the Corporate Dropout group is worth looking into for advice and camaraderie: thecorporatedropout.substack.c

freelancingsupport.substack.comfreelancing.support | Matthew Knight | SubstackThe independent guide to independent work. Click to read freelancing.support, a Substack publication.

3 Unique Creative Writing Jobs You May Not Have Thought of Yet

Important announcement: You don’t have to go into journalism or spend hours looking for freelance work to find creative writing jobs. If you enjoy spinning tales more than marketing campaigns, it IS possible for you to make some money from your creative endeavors. We’re not going to sugar coat it, it’s difficult, but not impossible. […]…
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The Write Life · 3 Unique Creative Writing Jobs to Try as a Freelance WriterImportant announcement: You don't have to go into journalism or spend hours looking for freelance work to find creative writing jobs.