Comments on: How to Plan a Freelancer Vacation So You Can Refuel

By: Your Three-Step Blast-Away to Avoiding Freelancer Burnout

Your Three-Step Blast-Away to Avoiding Freelancer Burnout — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:32:30 +0000

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By: Tom at Hotels Fairy

Tom at Hotels Fairy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:37:23 +0000

That’s good advice Dwayne. I think for many it would give more independence than freelancing. I guess 10years is along time though – maybe the real answer is that the business model behind freelancing is just not healthy, and those who make a success and get real independence are probably very clever in the way they run their businesses.

Wish I had the answers, but don’t we all!
Tom at Hotels Fairy´s last blog ..Alcester Hotels and Destination Guide

By: Freelancer Vacation | Men With Pens

Freelancer Vacation | Men With Pens — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:02:19 +0000

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Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:20:34 +0000

[...] lest you think there’s a strange meme going around the very small blogosphere about James Chartrand’s vacations, let me remind you of the post’s title: This was my vacation. [...]

By: What James Did This Summer and Where He Got the Money : Men With Pens

What James Did This Summer and Where He Got the Money : Men With Pens — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:02:04 +0000

[...] thatâ€™s not what you want to hear about. You want to hear about my summer vacation, donâ€™t you? Yes, I finally took one. I was pondering relaxing on a beach near the ocean [...]

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By: What Travelling Means to a Freelancer | The Writing Base

What Travelling Means to a Freelancer | The Writing Base — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:16:32 +0000

[...] It’s not supposed to be so stressful. I get it. It’s just not that easy to do y’know? A couple of weeks before I left, I read an extremely well timed guest post by Alex Fayle on Men with Pens in which he gave some excellent advice on planning a freelance vacation.Â [...]

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Wealth is Attitude, Not Income | Someday Syndrome — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:06:54 +0000

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By: What the Writing Community Teaches | Meryl.net

What the Writing Community Teaches | Meryl.net — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:25:57 +0000

[...] Take a damn vacation from James: I’m bad about vacations for a lot of reasons. For one thing, being a home office worker means I need to take care of things that break around here whether it’s sick kids, appointments and other work interruptions. Oh, my dear husband is an involved dad, but I have more flexibility than he does. [...]

By: Dwayne Phillips

Dwayne Phillips — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:59:45 +0000

Many people go into freelancing because they want to be “independent.”

Here is one path to independence:

WARNING Few people choose this path.

. Get a job
. Save HALF of your income (this usually means live in a crummy but inexpensive place)
. Do this for ten years
. You now have five years of salary in the bank
. You are now independent and free to do whatever for at least five years