Comments on: How to Remain Productive When the Shit Hits the Fan http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/ From Bunny Slippers to Business Plans Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Freelancedom » Blog Archive » Better Than Xanax http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/#comment-1281 Freelancedom » Blog Archive » Better Than Xanax Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:14:10 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=473#comment-1281 [...] back in March, I wrote about pushing through periods of low motivation when it seems as if everything’s going [...] [...] back in March, I wrote about pushing through periods of low motivation when it seems as if everything’s going [...]

]]> By: Steph Auteri http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/#comment-824 Steph Auteri Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:39:45 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=473#comment-824 Thanks for all the support guys! I suppose the ups and downs of freelancing are especially conducive to these periods of hopelessness and frustration. Then again, when you're doing good, it feels so <i>great!</i> @Bri: Congrats on the baby! Once I head in that direction, that'll be a whole new set of roadblocks to overcome. But that's part of the reason I'm doing this. I want a schedule I have complete control over, so that I can work while being a stay-at-home mom (and perhaps get an ulcer). :) Thanks for all the support guys! I suppose the ups and downs of freelancing are especially conducive to these periods of hopelessness and frustration. Then again, when you’re doing good, it feels so great!

@Bri: Congrats on the baby! Once I head in that direction, that’ll be a whole new set of roadblocks to overcome. But that’s part of the reason I’m doing this. I want a schedule I have complete control over, so that I can work while being a stay-at-home mom (and perhaps get an ulcer). :)

]]> By: Rick Wolff http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/#comment-823 Rick Wolff Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:10:38 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=473#comment-823 For a few days, you're seeing things as they really are. Getting back on your feet entails telling yourself a massive lie, or at least an unsupportable conjecture: that things will come out okay. For a few days, you’re seeing things as they really are. Getting back on your feet entails telling yourself a massive lie, or at least an unsupportable conjecture: that things will come out okay.

]]> By: Valencia http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/#comment-817 Valencia Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:13:08 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=473#comment-817 It'll get better soon. Who knows, the opportunity of your dreams can be "one query letter or resume away." I think we all have those periods when our business does extremely well, and we're able to achieve different financial goals. And then without warning, a client pulls out and financial cushion disappears. This has happened to me on numerous occasions. But I always recover. I stay business, work on personal projects, and keep my eyes open to new opportunities. It’ll get better soon. Who knows, the opportunity of your dreams can be “one query letter or resume away.” I think we all have those periods when our business does extremely well, and we’re able to achieve different financial goals. And then without warning, a client pulls out and financial cushion disappears. This has happened to me on numerous occasions. But I always recover. I stay business, work on personal projects, and keep my eyes open to new opportunities.

]]> By: Bri http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/#comment-814 Bri Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:23:10 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=473#comment-814 Saw your post on twitip and thought I'd pop over for a visit. I know the feeling! I've been there a few months now. I haven't been working for a few months because we just had our first baby, and I'm overloading myself with stress about the bills we're behind on. Do I go back to work and hate life? Or buckle down and really try to build this business I've been talking about for 4 years? Or, just find a book and a chocolate bar and try to forget how unproductive I feel. Damn us women for overthinking everything. It's just life, right? Saw your post on twitip and thought I’d pop over for a visit. I know the feeling! I’ve been there a few months now. I haven’t been working for a few months because we just had our first baby, and I’m overloading myself with stress about the bills we’re behind on. Do I go back to work and hate life? Or buckle down and really try to build this business I’ve been talking about for 4 years? Or, just find a book and a chocolate bar and try to forget how unproductive I feel.

Damn us women for overthinking everything. It’s just life, right?

]]> By: Jennifer L http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/#comment-813 Jennifer L Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:42:34 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=473#comment-813 I recommend a few (hundred) rounds of Scramble on Facebook. And maybe the Xanax. :) I'm so sorry about this. I know it sucks. But please don't lose hope. You have a lot of talent and drive, and you're going to make it. But feel free to wallow for a little while and work it out of your system. I'm a big believer in wallowing in self-pity for awhile...because eventually I get tired of it and get back to work. I know you will, too. In the meantime, get some of that fresh air you were writing about! And maybe some of that Girl Scout cookie ice cream... I recommend a few (hundred) rounds of Scramble on Facebook. And maybe the Xanax. :)

I’m so sorry about this. I know it sucks. But please don’t lose hope. You have a lot of talent and drive, and you’re going to make it. But feel free to wallow for a little while and work it out of your system. I’m a big believer in wallowing in self-pity for awhile…because eventually I get tired of it and get back to work. I know you will, too. In the meantime, get some of that fresh air you were writing about! And maybe some of that Girl Scout cookie ice cream…

]]> By: margiewrites http://www.freelancedom.com/2009/03/09/how-to-remain-productive-when-the-shit-hits-the-fan/#comment-805 margiewrites Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:32:42 +0000 http://www.freelancedom.com/?p=473#comment-805 Hang in there! I have school loans to pay back myself, and it is not fun! On days when I feel crappy like you describe, I indulge in a little trash TV. You know, stuff like Judge Joe Brown and Maury Povich paternity test revelations that always seem to distract me enough to think about something else for a while and even laugh a little. And then those silly commercials that play during daytime TV--those get-off-the-couch-you-lazy-bum-and-go-back-to-school-and-make-a-living-as-a-medical-assistant ones--that make me feel a little better about myself, and what I'm doing with my life. Hang in there! I have school loans to pay back myself, and it is not fun! On days when I feel crappy like you describe, I indulge in a little trash TV. You know, stuff like Judge Joe Brown and Maury Povich paternity test revelations that always seem to distract me enough to think about something else for a while and even laugh a little. And then those silly commercials that play during daytime TV–those get-off-the-couch-you-lazy-bum-and-go-back-to-school-and-make-a-living-as-a-medical-assistant ones–that make me feel a little better about myself, and what I’m doing with my life.

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