Marisa Wikramanayake

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    Freelancing,  Journalism,  Productivity

    Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist

    February 15, 2022 / No Comments

    Three stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist and why they were important.

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    January 11, 2022

    My year in writing: 2016 and the freelance writer life

    December 16, 2016
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    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer

    January 25, 2022 / No Comments

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer in Australia and why it is important to be transparent about it.

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    January 22, 2021

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    April 23, 2010

    6 May 2013: MediaPass Student Industry Day

    April 16, 2013
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    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My goals for 2022: making my freelancing work better for me

    January 18, 2022 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks through what her goals for 2022 are and how she is planning to achieve them.

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    November 29, 2013

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    October 11, 2018

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    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My 2021 year in review – amazing goals success or failure?

    January 4, 2022 / No Comments

    The 2021 year in review - were all the goals met and hit and what of COVID-19? Marisa Wikramanayake looks back at her work over the year.

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    My year in writing: 2016 and the freelance writer life

    December 16, 2016
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    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019

    25+ ways I automate my workflow, or how I am trying to become a cyborg

    May 23, 2013
  • Writing

    Elizabeth Gilbert on the drive to keep creating

    January 25, 2016 / No Comments

    Last week I shared Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on the creative genius and the expectations we place on people. A few years after that talk, she gave another one – this time it was about how to navigate the vagaries of creative work – not just thinking about creativity and genius but also how to get back into a productive state where you can not only shield yourself from expectations and fears but also carry on with your work and reconcile both failure and success. And she makes a good point about what home is – she asks what one loves more than one loves oneself or one’s ego and…

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    January 14, 2021

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    October 12, 2013
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    HIM update for January 15

    January 15, 2016

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