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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you think freelancing can make one "sluggish"?".
This poll was originally submitted by mk_lab. View the poll results »
| | | | | Vice versa?! | Oct 10, 2010 |
Actually, freelancing can make a fast-moving one move even faster and, contrariwise, make a slow-moving one move ever slower
[Edited at 2010-10-10 08:23 GMT]
| | | | Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 03:31
English to French
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... for those who lack self-discipline...
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Interlangue wrote:
... for those who lack self-discipline...
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Simon Bruni 
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:31
Member (2009)
Spanish to English
Since going freelance I've started developing a mucous membrane and a penchant for lettuce
| | | | Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 03:31
Member (2009)
English to German
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It all depends on the freelancer, his/her character and what she/he wants in life and the affiliated goals, both life in general as well as one's professional life.
| | | | | I fully agree! | Oct 10, 2010 |
Interlangue wrote:
... for those who lack self-discipline...
| | | | mk_lab
Ukraine
Local time: 04:31
Member (2004)
English to Russian
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| I'm also completelly agree | Oct 10, 2010 |
It all depends on the freelancer, his/her character and what she/he wants in life and the affiliated goals
Good guys - are good, but bad ones - are sure bad
Question is how to keep your energetics HIGH working alone (without communications with companions, workfellows, co-workers)?
[Edited at 2010-10-10 13:39 GMT]
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:31
Russian to English
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In memoriam
I retired from a full-time job in 1990. If I hadn't had freelance work and ProZ to keep me interested, I could be on the way to senile decay by now.
| | | | Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 19:31
Dutch to English
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Sluggish? For the past ten years I held down a busy full-time job and translated in the evenings and on weekends. Now I am close to retiring but I will put extra effort into my translation business. I don' even know what sluggish means.
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Each client is a "boss" you need to keep content. There's no time for sluggishness here.
As we say in Chile: "Al camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente"
| | | | Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 19:31
English to Spanish
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In memoriam
We all have a boss who is totally unforgiving, a slave driver, who we can see every morning in the mirror. Those who don't will have already died of hunger.
And as we say on the border, "camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la chi... [colorful Mexican expletive deleted].
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| it can, in my case no | Oct 11, 2010 |
Well at the beginning someone can think: Oh I'll do it later...
In my case NO, I have a strong self-discipline, and anyway being sluggish means starting a diet: no work, no money, no food
In general, being a freelancer for me means having also a lot of things to do that I require effort because work is task No 1, I sometimes wake up at 5 am to work, because I want to go to the gym at 9....and at the end of the d... See more Well at the beginning someone can think: Oh I'll do it later...
In my case NO, I have a strong self-discipline, and anyway being sluggish means starting a diet: no work, no money, no food
In general, being a freelancer for me means having also a lot of things to do that I require effort because work is task No 1, I sometimes wake up at 5 am to work, because I want to go to the gym at 9....and at the end of the day I realize how many activities I have "packed" in 24 hours.... ▲ Collapse
| | | | | On the contrary!! | Oct 11, 2010 |
I don't think a sluggish freelancer can survive!
Freelance job means you need to find your clients, do the job and do it well so the client is happy and keeps you sending more jobs. And nobody will do this for you!
If you're sluggish, none of this can happen.
| | | | | I am with Marta | Oct 11, 2010 |
Marta Cervera Areny wrote:
I don't think a sluggish freelancer can survive!
Freelance job means you need to find your clients, do the job and do it well so the client is happy and keeps you sending more jobs. And nobody will do this for you!
If you're sluggish, none of this can happen.
On the contrary, it teaches you discipline, patience and time-management!
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