Writing.

Fake urgency: a major red flag

Recognising unrealistic timelines and compounding deadlines, and protecting your priorities.

What stand-up taught me about listening to feedback

What listening to an audience taught me about understanding clients and designing better products.

When did you last change your opinion?

Listening without preparing a rebuttal, questioning certainty and allowing yourself to change.

When negotiating price becomes a red flag

Learning to recognise when a client values only the lowest price, and standing behind your work.

It is not easier—you are stronger

The practice, resilience and effort behind work that looks easy from the outside.

Build a portfolio that helps clients choose you

Choosing, organising and presenting work that shows potential clients what you can do.

You do not need Monday or a new year to start

Choosing to make a change without waiting for a special date on the calendar.

Keep the promises you make to yourself

A personal commitment to stop putting yourself last and become a better friend to your future self.

Some bridges should never be built

Knowing when to stop trying to persuade someone, while staying open to a different perspective.

Lies, honesty, and why I cannot eat Snickers anymore

A warehouse job, a damaged box of chocolate and an unexpected lesson about honesty.

One-night-stand customer?

Thinking about repeat business, customer lifetime value, and the clients you want to work with.

Newsletter · Breaking Freelance

I was raised to be poor

Questioning inherited ideas about success, education, money, and what a good life should look like.

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