Articles on: freelancing

Waking up for work can be very hard to do. Sometimes even the pull of coffee and doughnuts isn’t enough to kickstart your day.

[caption id="attachment_11838" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Jeff Sheldon[/caption] You’re sore and bored, so you skip the gym. You reschedule an appointment that’s making you break out in hives.

[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_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.

[caption id="attachment_11386" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Lee Scott[/caption] Depending on which jobs reports you read, the month of December was either totally flat or. .

[caption id="attachment_10898" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image by Jeff Sheldon[/caption] Though the Bureau of Labor Statistics still doesn't really count freelancers in their monthly statistics, plenty of other brands and companies spent a lot of time and effort in 2014 trying to figure out exactly how deep the self-employed, sole-prop, part-timing world of freelancers runs. Freelancers were found to fuel the economy and help fill gaps in businesses, while pulling down higher-than-ever rates and gaining access to more key services than ever.