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The 7 Most Effective Time Management Tips: 5 Ways to Set Your Goals Right

Tip #1: 5 Ways to Set Your Goals Right It's been over a week without a post- I know! I could bring a tonne of trashy and meaningless excuses to the table for not being able to write a helpful blog for you lot, but the fact is that I just could not get my head around things. There is so much going on in my life at the moment that I cannot explain. Even if I was to, I know you'll all be nodding off straight away. I have no intention to bore you all...  I bet everyone's life is busy and mine is no exception. It's a complete and utter chaos. But what I realise now is that I need to stop complaining about the lack of time and get my priorities right. There is an intense need in my life to learn to manage my time effectively, and the sooner I do it, the better for me. After all, there are only 24 hours in a day and none of us is getting any more than that, right? So, I spent the last week researching all the different ways in which we all can make the most of our ti...

If You Think You Can, You Actually Can

Do you ever feel like you've completely lost it while trying to be a freelance writer?  It is hard work, I know.  Wherever you find freelance writing jobs, the pay is just peanuts. When you put in time and effort to provide a quality piece of writing, you naturally expect to be paid well for it, but you just don't! Freelance networking sites like Upwork, Fiverr , Guru and other similar websites feature plenty of jobs but the clients are looking for the cheapest quotes, and on top of that these freelance websites take away a major chunk from your already low pay.  Not fair, right? That is exactly what I felt when I was working for these freelancing websites some years ago. I had work alright, but there was no real satisfaction in it at all. I wrote and wrote but I didn't enjoy it much. I wasn't rewarded for my time, my effort and most importantly the sleep-deprivation I was going through to meet deadlines.  I had had enough.  I knew I had to move ...