Just the other day, Michelle Goodman posted about how people use their periods of unemployment. I commented thusly:
“The hours and days immediately following the loss of your income are incredibly fraught…filled with panic and desperation.
This is followed by the realization that you’ve been given a gift…the gift of time. Time to take for yourself. Time to be really really picky about the next job you choose.
As this period of time lengthens (and lengthens), you return to panic. And so it goes…”
The same holds true for those slow periods in a freelancer’s life, when the products seem to dry up and clients are suddenly MIA.
Do you panic and desperately grab at any old thing during these pauses in incoming work? Here are three ideas for more healthy and productive ways to utilize your newly empty hours. Feel free to add more in the comments!
