Manage yourself as a freelancer
Being a freelancer, you are your own boss, you can decide when you want to work and when you want time off, and you can manage your own professional development.
However, you have to find your own work, you have to cope with the down times and you have to work out how best to adapt to change.
About a quarter of freelancers find they have too much work, most just 'get by', and a small proportion find it hard to get any work at all.
To increase your chances of success, you need to be well organised and plan your strategy:
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