Comments on: 6 Habits of Super Productive Freelancers

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith

I find myself doing the smaller, easier to accomplish tasks first in the day. It builds up a sense of accomplishment for me, seeing each item marked off my list, which makes those larger tasks feel less daunting since I have less weighing on me in the back of my mind.

I am 100% in agreement with creating a schedule that works best for you. I find myself working best on client work earlier in the day, and late at night when everyone else is sleeping I get a rush of energy to write and do extra work. This means mid-day I’m usually spending time with family so I am not missing out on the balance, but it’s what works best for me, so I make it work.

I would also add a #7 habit of a productive freelancer – shutting down all outside distractions and actually getting work done. It’s hard to do client work while you’re checking Twitter, seeing emails pop up, hearing family in the background, etc. Throw on some headphones, shut everything else down and get to work 🙂

By: Bashar

Bashar

I think that schedule breaks is the most important part. But I’ve also found that if you’re motivated, you should do as much work as you can without breaks before you start to procrastinate.

By: Christian Sikelela Ncube

Christian Sikelela Ncube

I love scheduling my creative stuff to the time of day(night) when I’m most creative – this saves me a lot of frustration trying to be creative at a time when I know I’ll waste a lot of time just trying, then I’ll happily do the rest with all my mind at peace.