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[caption id="attachment_11566" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Thanun Buranapong[/caption] Between marketing, invoicing, and actually working, freelancing can feel like a grind. Add a bit of cold weather, some post-holiday ennui, and a bit of same-old, same-old and the new year may feel more like a long slog than a clean slate.

[caption id="attachment_11560" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] “If you want something done right you have to do it yourself,” is an adage that doesn’t necessarily apply to setting up your own show. If it’s your first time you are going to do some things wrong.

[caption id="attachment_11512" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Freelancing has a multitude of benefits -- flexible schedule, command over your income, the ability to work almost anywhere -- but ask anyone who's worked as a contractor what the hardest part is and, just after exhaling a mammoth sigh, they'll whisper cautiously: "Taxes. " Oh, Taxes.

Bookmarks to mark a milestone! The Poster Project is over—but new things coming soon.

[caption id="attachment_11470" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo via Flickr[/caption] Facebook is notorious for frequently changing up their algorithm -- so much so that there are entire websites devoted just to telling marketers and businesses how they can best ride out the alterations and ensure their engagement doesn't take a dive. In the most recent round of alterations, the behemoth social networking site has made it even more difficult for brands to push their products without also offering some kind of content.

As creatives, we all need a form of expression. But as humans, we all lack motivation at times.

In the past 15 years, there has been an online revolution for independent music producers. With the aid of social platforms and DIY distribution sites like Bandcamp, the need for a traditional record label to "make it" is becoming a thing of the past.