2018: The Year It All Clicked
I don’t think it’s possible to have a perfect year. 12 months / 52 weeks / 365 days: all too big a time-span to guarantee…
Self employment and mental health
Self employment / freelancing and mental health issues seem to go hand in hand. The stress of finding work, maintaining momentum, dealing with all the…
I do freelancing wrong (and I’m still successful)
Search for how to be a successful freelancer in your favourite search engine, and there’s no end to the list of tips and tricks people…
Budgeting: The Great Big Tax Bill and Recurring Payment Hell
After the touch of reality reflected in the last post — how my over-spending and wastefulness was contributing to an unsteady financial future w/r/t buying…
Back to Budgeting Basics
Feels like ages since I’ve talked about budgeting, and for a reason… with excess spend on frivolities, a loan to pay off two credit cards…
Working in my pants and other tales from self employment
I’ve been working for myself (either fully, or alongside employment) for over four years now. I like to think that I’ve got to grips with…
Depressing money crap
I’ve just come off the phone to my current mortgage provider. I rang up to see how much I’d likely be able to borrow if…
100% Freelance
I’ve mentioned a couple of times this month that I’ve been working with a client for a dedicated 8 hours a week to give me…
I have too many dresses
I nipped up Telford Town Centre today, because two invoices coming in on the same day made me feel rich meant I could get my…
How I got 20,000 hits a day (and lost them all again)
Once upon a time, in a period best described as responsibility-free and with plenty of disposable income (AKA before I had children), I had a…
Hoard Mode
As I woke up to another sale on my premium mail form yesterday, I felt like I’d received a fresh kick up the bum to…
First Week
So, it’s been just over a week since I returned working from home. A week of exercising self-control, willpower and planning. A week of trying…