When I'm talking about the freelance lifestyle, work life balance is what I mean. It means that you don't work too little. It means that you don't work too much. You don't overwork yourself. It means that you are working to leave and not leaving to work. It means you don't end up workaholic and it means you take care about yourself, your family.
This is a very important issue for me and I really want to get this message through to you. I think the most efficient way to balance work and life is be prepared. Take your time to work and take your time to relax. Relaxation is very important. If you only work and work and work and never stop. The quality of your work will slowly decrease because you are simply tired and it doesn't work.
What are you working for? To have a better life? And what to do? work that life away? No, you should take your time for relaxation. I don't say the opposite.
I don't say, just lay around all day and enjoy yourself and lose your money and your life. I say that it's time for working and there has to be time for yourself. Also, it is important to move to get out from the table. Sometimes it is important to socialize to meet people. So it's very important that you create your own order and your own working hours and stick to that. My routine, for example, is very simple.
I get up early. I have breakfast or I work out or I just read, but I'm not working. Before nine o'clock in the morning. At nine half past nine, I sit down and start to work. Go through my emails do my job. midday, I make lunch All right.
Their lunch, we eat lunch with my some of my friends around and then go back to work and I will do six, seven o'clock tops. I don't work in the night. I will talk about later on why it is more important. But I have my borders, I have my routine. Break your routine sometimes because living day by day, the same thing. It's like being an employee.
And that's not what you want. You want your freedom. You are a freelancer for the freedom. Don't forget why you are here. You are your own boss. But as your own boss, you are also responsible for the balance in your life.
This chapter is only about this and it's very important to lead a truly happy life as a freelancer.