How I have been saving time (with freelancing) for what matters the most in life — FAMILY!

Freelancing with its ups and downs — and most importantly, lots of family time

Photo by Aleh Tsikhanau on Unsplash

The other day, I was sitting at my work desk, working, while my husband was leaving for the office. His face looked so exhausted at the thought of having to go through traffic to reach his office. This is almost every day situation at my house.

Being a freelance coder and writer(for the last 2 years), this is a kind of privilege I get — that I don’t have to face traffic every single day. However, there is a downside to it too. (Hmm…I can see you stare at me and think, ‘Really? Is there any?’).

Like: (Downside of freelancing)

1. I am always available to my family members, because I am always at home. Finding a focus time to work is a challenging task.
2. There are no set boundaries between household work and client work. It is alwasys juggling between 2 of them.
3. My break doesn’t look like a break. In my work break, I have to jump to complete household work. Then again, get back to work. The cycle goes on…
4. As my house is my workplace, work is always on my mind. While cooking, all of a sudden I might…