How to Get Busy by Living Lightly
Phil Gratton Phil Gratton

How to Get Busy by Living Lightly

If your phone notes are teeming with half-baked article ideas, you know that ideas aren’t the problem. The problem is taking the first step. Here, I explain how I overcame continuous procrastination and started taking steps towards completing the things I needed to do.

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Freelance Writing and The Race To The Bottom
Phil Gratton Phil Gratton

Freelance Writing and The Race To The Bottom

As a professional writer for hire, you may expect to be able to earn a living wage from freelance writing – well, think again. Your industry is being co-opted by writers who churn content, drive down prices and make it impossible for the profession to be taken seriously.

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Freelancers and Procrastination - How to Embrace Your Idle Mind
Phil Gratton Phil Gratton

Freelancers and Procrastination - How to Embrace Your Idle Mind

If you’re a writer and you’re reading this, then you’ve fallen into the old trap once again – letting your mind drift from the key tasks that await you. Here we revisit a troublesome old friend. Procrastination, from hell’s heart I stab at thee…

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