Comments on: Ask the cubicle expat: How can I freelance on top of a day job that requires me to be under my boss’ nose 40 to 50+ hours a week? http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:14:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ananda Leeke http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-51699 Ananda Leeke Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:13:47 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/?p=719#comment-51699 Great post with discussions. Great post with discussions.

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50973 Michelle Goodman Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:32:24 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/?p=719#comment-50973 Laura, very lovely to hear. So glad the book is helping you! Best of luck with it all. Laura, very lovely to hear. So glad the book is helping you! Best of luck with it all.

]]> By: Laura @ move to portugal http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50886 Laura @ move to portugal Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:44:29 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/?p=719#comment-50886 Hi Michelle I recently bought your book while on hols in the US and managed to read most of it on the plane home..the best 7 hour flight I've ever had :) Your book has really helped to motivate me further towards self employment. I currently work 50 hours a week, run 3 blogs (!) have a p-t organising business and a family and although I love it, I need to move to working for myself sooner, rather than later. Thanks for the push Laura Hi Michelle
I recently bought your book while on hols in the US and managed to read most of it on the plane home..the best 7 hour flight I’ve ever had :)

Your book has really helped to motivate me further towards self employment.
I currently work 50 hours a week, run 3 blogs (!) have a p-t organising business and a family and although I love it, I need to move to working for myself sooner, rather than later. Thanks for the push
Laura

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50687 Michelle Goodman Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:52:15 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/?p=719#comment-50687 kim, this is so great to hear. so many people say, "i could never..." it's inspiring to hear from someone like you who has so many balls in the air. right on! kim, this is so great to hear. so many people say, “i could never…” it’s inspiring to hear from someone like you who has so many balls in the air. right on!

]]> By: kim http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50685 kim Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:24:53 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/?p=719#comment-50685 Great post! I work at an advertising agency. I work at least 50-60 hours every week. I have a family. I also have several freelance clients. I also have my own personal online store where I sell illustrations, jewelry, etc. So, I end up working a minimum of 14 hours every day including weekends. It can be done, you just have to have the drive to do it all and turn off the outside distractions when you need to get it done. Great post! I work at an advertising agency. I work at least 50-60 hours every week. I have a family. I also have several freelance clients. I also have my own personal online store where I sell illustrations, jewelry, etc. So, I end up working a minimum of 14 hours every day including weekends. It can be done, you just have to have the drive to do it all and turn off the outside distractions when you need to get it done.

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50684 Michelle Goodman Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:24:27 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/?p=719#comment-50684 no, i don't think that. i am single, 41, no kids, with a mortgage. i work twice as much as most of my cohabitating friends just to make ends meet. (i am working today, as a matter of fact.) ditto for when i was in an office job. but i don't profess to know firsthand how hard it is to raise a kid. if you read my blog and my book and articles, you'd know that i always take into account the fact that some people are caregivers for their elders (as opposed to kids; in fact, i have people in my life who are caregivers for their siblings and believe me, it is no walk in the park) -- and that no one side has it "easier" than the other, definitively. i just can't express this in every single post. :) also, see this post, which refutes the notion that it's easier to freelance when you're single/babyfree: http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/10/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-isnt-it-easier-to-be-a-freelancer-when-youre-single-andor-baby-free/ no, i don’t think that. i am single, 41, no kids, with a mortgage. i work twice as much as most of my cohabitating friends just to make ends meet. (i am working today, as a matter of fact.) ditto for when i was in an office job. but i don’t profess to know firsthand how hard it is to raise a kid. if you read my blog and my book and articles, you’d know that i always take into account the fact that some people are caregivers for their elders (as opposed to kids; in fact, i have people in my life who are caregivers for their siblings and believe me, it is no walk in the park) — and that no one side has it “easier” than the other, definitively. i just can’t express this in every single post. :) also, see this post, which refutes the notion that it’s easier to freelance when you’re single/babyfree: http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/10/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-isnt-it-easier-to-be-a-freelancer-when-youre-single-andor-baby-free/

]]> By: Katie http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/11/21/ask-the-cubicle-expat-how-can-i-freelance-on-top-of-a-day-job-that-requires-me-to-be-under-my-boss-nose-40-to-50-hours-a-week/comment-page-1/#comment-50678 Katie Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:59:51 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/?p=719#comment-50678 This was a great post, I just have one objection. You seem to think that people without kids have it easier than people with them, In reality many companies, or even individual bosses, give people with children extra breaks at work. I can't tell you how many times before I started freelancing full time that I had to do the work of someone with a sick kid who was at home. Also, just because you don't have a kid does not mean you are not taking care of someone like an elderly parent, a task that can be as challenging as raising a child. People without kid's aren't whiners, we just have lives too, and a lot of parents forget that fact! This was a great post,

I just have one objection. You seem to think that people without kids have it easier than people with them, In reality many companies, or even individual bosses, give people with children extra breaks at work. I can’t tell you how many times before I started freelancing full time that I had to do the work of someone with a sick kid who was at home.

Also, just because you don’t have a kid does not mean you are not taking care of someone like an elderly parent, a task that can be as challenging as raising a child.

People without kid’s aren’t whiners, we just have lives too, and a lot of parents forget that fact!

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