I receive a ton-load of magazines and other great reading material daily, weekly and monthly, but there is one magazine that stands out from all of the others - one that I can barely put down once it arrives. It is the "remarkable" publication, Fast Company.

So we shouldn't be surprised that the February 2003 issue included a "remarkable" essay adapted from contributing editor Seth Godin's forthcoming book, Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Becoming Remarkable.

I was delighted with my freelance living in 2007. Others were telling me what a "bad year" it was for them - less work, less money, and hard times. With my "portfolio career" of seven different part-time careers, I was always busy and making enough money to cover expenses - so busy that I even quit one of my part-time jobs. I enjoyed everything I did and everyday so much that I felt like a success.

That was until the woman who prepares my taxes pointed out that, on paper, I had not made a profit - again. This happened because with all of the different careers, I spent most of what I earned on business expenses. She correctly pointed out that it is time for me to make a profit - and not by reducing my expenses, but by increasing my fees.

As free agents, independent professionals and freelancers, we often face stressful situations - too many projects, too few projects, difficult clients, lack of sufficient cash flow, money worries, a glut of paper and reading material - you name it. I just completed three and a half weeks of jury duty - talk about total disruption of my freelance schedule! In this article, I will share five ways that I deal with and minimize stress in my freelance life. Use what works for you. We are all different.

"You know more than you think you do."
- Dr. Benjamin Spock

We come into life equipped with five basic senses - touch, hearing, taste, sight and smell. But we also possess some more mysterious senses. One such little-understood sense - intuition - governs our ability to arrive at spontaneous "non-logical" decisions.

The word intuition comes from the Latin word intueri, meaning "look within." Webster defines it as "the power or facility of attaining direct knowledge …without evident rational thought."

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A fun and informative blog hosted by writer, Alicia Sparks. She includes an excellent list of Freelance Resources in the right hand margin. Check them out.

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