Author Archives: Karen Chase

Keeping the ‘Self’ in Self-Employed

The moment you walk out the door to begin your own gig, you say to yourself, "I’m doing it my way, not their way, from now on." Some of us spend the first month in our pajamas because we can and then realize—when we’re rushing around to shower for an impromptu client meeting—that we need to get up and be dressed in the morning. Some work at night because that’s when we work best, only to discover our clients are calling at 8:30 a.m. and interrupting REM sleep. So we adjust. More

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