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Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist
Three stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist and why they were important.
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How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer
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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My goals for 2022: making my freelancing work better for me
Marisa Wikramanayake talks through what her goals for 2022 are and how she is planning to achieve them.
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How to successfully set goals and plan for 2022
Marisa Wikramanayake writes about how to plan for 2022 and set goals as a freelancer.
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My 2021 year in review – amazing goals success or failure?
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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Why I really need to take a week off for rest right now
I talk about why it is important to create a productivity system for a freelance businesses that includes time for leave and rest.
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How my business will change for the better in 2021 and why
In a lot of ways this year I have been perfectly positioned to do well despite a global pandemic. So maybe this should be a post on how and why I have weathered this storm. I might still write one of those posts. But moving forward, some things are going to change about how I run this business. And all of them have nothing to do with Covid-19. Some of them have been thoughts in the back of my head for years. Some changes are merely to make sure I don’t become too stressed.
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December 2020: What’s new & what I have been upto
Well first of all I had had plans for November 2020. I had planned to sit and relax and write more of the book – about 30,000 words extra to be exact. That worked for about a week. I am also involved in various projects in a voluntary capacity where I try to provide some assistance somehow. One of these ended up having a lot of drama and that caused a lot of stress. So I didn’t get to actually have much stress free time to write or do much else. So what else happened in November? I was in a Melbourne Fringe show. Yes you read that right. I…
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11 things I am tracking in 2019 for my freelancing and why
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses what she tracks as a freelancer so that she can be a better journalist and editor.
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How to deal with late payments as a freelancer
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses what options freelancers, small business and independent contractors in Australia have when chasing late payments and unpaid invoices.
