Comments on: Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Patience

By: cindie geddes

cindie geddes — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:02:14 +0000

I’m behind on reading these , as always, but I’d like to suggest a guide on writing. Perhaps along the lines of the week-long stuff you did in July. Each of those subjects dovetailed so nicely into each other. I’m using parts of what I heard about all the other subjects, not just the one I was there for. In fact, I suspect there’s some overarching super-technique in there. I can’t see the pattern, but I can feel it lurking.

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By: Steve Lewis

Steve Lewis — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:23:11 +0000

I’m gonna be honest here, I thought that this post would be boring but since I always read these posts, I went and read it. I was pleaseantly surprised, and to be honest, this was one of my favorite of the series so far.

I never realized how much a part of the whole process of writing, and all freelancing really. Thanks for the shift in perspective Kris.

Oh, and I’d like to vote for guides on publishing and writing when you’re through with the freelancer’s guide. I don’t know about anyone else, but they’d tide me over until the 2010 workshops get underway. As you probably guessed, I have a problem with patience like everyone else.

By: Mark Terry

Mark Terry — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:34:02 +0000

Nice and timely, as usual. I seem to be doing what you say, too. I opened a publishing company this summer for an e-newsletter aimed at a technical niche market (that I have expertise in). I’m still doing all my old work and aggressively looking for more along those lines.

And I’m impatient with the new biz. And I almost daily have to look at the 2009 Schedule/Business Plan I typed up about it and put in front of my desk that says, among other things: “Year 1 (6 months)–break even at minimum, turn a profit if possible, start to build a brand.”

Yeah. I’ve been going exactly 27 days and I’m impatient that I haven’t broken even (or made any money at all, for that matter), when in fact I’ve given myself 6 months to generate enough subscribers or advertisers to pay back less than $2,000! I’m not the picture of patience, either, apparently.

By: Carolyn Nicita

Carolyn Nicita — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:21:43 +0000

I think that multitasking can help prevent impatience. Don’t just sit and wait; find the tail of that other project you need to finish.

However, I think the multitasker vitally needs to plan when using this strategy, or she will get lost in makework. (I resemble that remark.)

By: Michael Britton

Michael Britton — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:12:39 +0000

When my four year old son needs to wait for something, I tell him to be patient. He always says, “But I don’t *WANT* to be patient!” I say, “Don’t be sad.” He replies, “But I *WANT* to be sad!”

There’s some strange hidden truth in young Seth’s wisdom: people will, on their own terms, always get what they want out of life.

By: Laura W.

Laura W. — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:07:50 +0000

I need more patience, like you. Unlike you, my writing currently seems to be stuck in the “gee-this-is-good-but-we-aren’t-buying-it” stage of my career. Sometimes I think I’m stuck here for life.

I know, I know. Be patient. It’ll happen. Just wish patience didn’t take so long!