Podcast: | (Duration: 47:00 — 64.6MB)
Panel
- Charles Max Wood ( )
- Eric Davis ( )
- Evan Light ( )
- Jeff Schoolcraft ( )
Discussion
- Separate things out by day
- Set a fixed schedule
- The downside of being hourly
- Flexibility
- Ebb and Flow with balance
- Get help
- Subcontractors
- Contracting out Design Work
- Cut back
- Batch up the work
- Food delivery services (frozen pre-cooked/pre-made meals)
- Cleaning services
- Batch dinners
- Every Sunday pay bills/expenses
- Balance the checkbooks
- Build systems
- Exercise & Sleep
- Build it into your routine
Picks
- (Eric)
- (Eric)
- (Jeff)
- (Jeff)
- (Jeff)
- (Evan)
- Finding Outside Help (Evan)
- (Chuck)
- Keep a Water Bottle at your Desk (Chuck)
- (Eric)
- (Evan)
- (Evan)
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Hey guys, really enjoying the show so far. I’m a new freelancer so a lot of your tips and conversations have been *really* helpful so far.
Regarding air quality: I built myself a DIY air purifier for ~$30 and it works great. The previous tenants of my apartment owned cats, which I’m allergic to. Despite steam cleaning, I was still pretty miserable from cat dander floating around.
The DIY purifier is basically a box fan with a furnace filter duct-taped on top. I was dubious until I saw the following video by U Michigan:
So basically, if anyone needs a cheap air purifier that works pretty well for $30, I highly recommend the DIY route.
With the added benefit of resulting white noise for concentration.
Not so good for VoIP though I imagine,
Yeah, I switch it off when I have to call someone, but on the lowest setting it isn’t too bad.