img src='http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1259904k=f7b7931ec28da9e4ff2580bfd4eddb18a=24989c=1828073574' border='0' alt='' //a/pbr /pOne of the perks of being a freelancer is that you keep a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/general/freelancerpro-interview-never-ever-get-a-real-job/" target="_blank"freelancer hours/a?you work when you want to. I happen to like to get started early so I get a good number of hours in while it?s still light outside. The art director I work with prefers to get up at 10 am and work late into the night./p
blockquote class="pullquote"pMy favorite jobs have been the ones where I can pretty much come and go as I please./p/blockquote
pMy favorite jobs have been the ones where I can pretty much come and go as I please. Of course, not all of my jobs have been so flexible. My first job out of college was a receptionist at a corporate real estate company. There I had the worst boss I have ever had in my entire life. She tracked my every move, every minute of the day. It wasn?t necessarily her fault?if my counterpart was out sick, she had to cover the phones for me when I ate lunch, went to the post office, or went to the bathroom?but that wasn?t often./p
pWhat really bothered me about her approach was that she was so mean about it. I was invited to lunch by some other women I worked with, and we were 5 minutes late getting back to the office. She never let me forget it and she never allowed me to have lunch with them again. She was mean, and I ended up quitting because of her./p
pWhen I read a href="http://www.inc.com/margaret-heffernan/why-flexible-hours-inspire-achievement.html" target="_blank"this article on Inc.com/a, I wanted to give the author?someone who manages others?a great, big hug. She get?s it./p
blockquotepYou could say I#8217;m the opposite of a control freak, in the sense that I have always resisted rules, for myself and for others. Why? Because once you have rules, you have to enforce them?and there#8217;s no more tedious task in life. ?a href="http://www.inc.com/margaret-heffernan/why-flexible-hours-inspire-achievement.html" target="_blank"Inc.com/a/p/blockquote
pMy terrible boss liked having that control over me, and it made me miserable. Life is unpredictable! I ended up watching everything I drank during the day, making sure I didn?t drink too much because I was afraid to tell her I had to use the ladies room.span id="more-24989"/span/p
blockquotepI#8217;ve trusted them to get the work done on time and on budget?and they have. Treating employees like grown-ups made it more likely that they would behave the same way. ?a href="http://www.inc.com/margaret-heffernan/why-flexible-hours-inspire-achievement.html" target="_blank"Inc.com/a/p/blockquote
pUnfortunately, not all bosses are like the one in the Inc.com article. And that?s why so many of us freelancers a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/general/when-its-time-to-go-%E2%80%93-leaving-your-current-workplace/" target="_blank"left our full time jobs/a for more freedom. Freedom to work from 10 am to 7 pm, freedom to work Saturday instead of Monday, freedom to go to the bathroom whenever we felt like it./p
pAs a freelancer, my deadline is my time clock. I know I need to deliver something to someone at a certain time, and that if I don?t, I?m in big trouble. What does it matter if it takes me four, 10-hour days or eight, five-hour days as long as I get it done on time? As a freelancer, I no longer have to pretend that I?m a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/freelance-news/commentary-analysis/home-office/" target="_blank"working at my desk/a, just to get paid. If I finish a project early, I can take the rest of the day off!/p
blockquotepI#8217;ve had the privilege of working with hundreds of dedicated, committed, energetic individuals whose stamina was hugely enhanced by the freedom to work as they saw fit. They more often exceeded expectations than under-delivered. ?a href="http://www.inc.com/margaret-heffernan/why-flexible-hours-inspire-achievement.html" target="_blank"Inc.com/a/p/blockquote
pI know that I am more productive working this way?but you might not be. If you are not deadline driven and able to work effectively, spurred by your own motivation, you could be in big trouble. In my opinion, procrastinators rarely make good freelancers./p
pI find that when my projects get pushed and the deadline is looming, I tend to make more mistakes because I feel rushed and I?m probably a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/freelance-news/commentary-analysis/sleep-is-so-important/" target="_blank"forgoing sleep/a to get the job done. This is why I do my very best to get up at the same time every day and keep to a morning routine. Working at night, especially during the dark, winter months, is hard for me. /p
pSunlight motivates me! If I get up early and get a great chunk of work done, I can reward myself with a lunchtime a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/freelance-news/commentary-analysis/putting-work-before-health/" target="_blank"walk outside/a in the fresh air. And I can do that without getting anyone?s permission!/p
pWhat are your most productive hours? Are you an early bird or a night owl?/p
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