Freelance

Shiny new website

At last! After a two week hiatus this week’s musings are bought to you from a shiny new website. Welcome. Not being able to post anything the first week was unsettling. I likened it to FOMO (fear of missing out) but in reverse, kind of. I was caught in a flurry of engaging activities and […]

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Heart versus head

In the midst of being fired up and mapping out ideas for my website, I was experiencing difficulty.  In my head, it seemed easy. I wanted the website to showcase my work, ability and style, I also wanted to offer my copywriting services. I researched a couple of blogging sites, other writers, copywriters, chose the […]

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Down to business

The six-month mark signalling the time since I started this venture is looming and my impatience has kicked in. I’ve attempted to counteract my impatience by focussing on the positive. My writing has improved, in quality and quantity. I am also managing to keep most of the items on my lists of things to do […]

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Calculating the costs

The fantasy of learning business skills and bookkeeping came crashing down when the tutor wrote the first calculation on the flip chart. Percentages are as bad as I remember, but the tutor is kind, sympathetic and above all patient. It is a stretch to cram three courses into two weeks, running concurrently not consecutively, but […]

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