Freelancer Magazine

100 pages every three months dedicated to connecting the lives and growing the businesses of B2B and creative freelancers.

Editor’s Letter

The Freelancer Magazine Team

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THE FREELANCE DOODLER

On Freelance Freedom

THE POWER OF WORDS

Three Tips Feeling Free

#FreelanceLifeOnTheGrid • Our favourite freelancer pics from the Gram.

Feeling brave, are ya?

A Day In The Life Of… Shib Mathew

So You Want To Be A… Digital Nomad? • If you’ve got unfulfilled wanderlust, look away now… Rachael Pilcher is a B2B SaaS Copywriter travelling and working her way around the world with her partner David, a designer. Together they’ve visited over 30 countries and counting, with no plans to stop any time soon. Mel Barfield caught up with Rachael to learn all about her life as a digital nomad.

Curious AF • There’s no doubt that the appetite for low and no-alcohol drinks is growing and Alcohol Change reported that 1 in 7 UK adults were planning on doing Dry January last year. We spoke to Laura Willoughby MBE, co-founder of Club Soda - a mindful drinking movement about how attitudes towards booze are changing and how it can only be for the better.

Do Give Up Your Day Job • Sophie Greenwood is a print-maker, business coach and founder of the Super Seconds Festival - the UK’s biggest indie online seconds sale. She lives in Leeds with her husband and son.

Setting Sail • Batten down the biscuits as we hoist the mainsail and plot a course for today’s freelance family story. I promise I won’t keep slipp(knott)ing sailing terms in.Sarah Steenland is a freelance illustrator, epic adventurer and mother of two. She spent over a decade living on a boat with her young family, travelling around the East coast of Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.I caught up with Sarah to find out how she navigated freelance life at sea.

What were your top three travelling experiences?

Out of Bounds • Protect your peace of mind by setting freelance boundaries.

Financial Minimalism Peter Komolafe • Our Money Expert, Peter Komolafe, tells us why financial minimalism is the key to creating wealth, having peace of mind and being financially independent.

F*ck Imposter Syndrome • Hi everyone. I’d like to introduce you to Addi. Grotesque, isn’t she? She performs a very important function: she is the physical manifestation of my inner self-doubt.

2023 HOW DO I… DECIDE? • Gareth Tennant joined the Royal Marines in 2006 and served for over a decade. He started out as a junior commander in close combat. Towards the end of his military career, he was heavily focused on working with information for decision-making and how it was being used in competition, conflict and warfare to change people’s attitudes and behaviour. He now applies his decision-making expertise to the business world, and it’s fascinating.

A Guide to Starting Your Freelance Business

How to Structure Your Freelance Life (Without Losing Your Freedom) • No more all-hands meetings, no more health and safety videos, no more eyebrows raised when you leave early for the dentist. When you’re freelance, you’re the boss. Now you make the rules. Pretty sweet, right?

Coliving: Why Together Is Better

Coliving top ten:

Newsletter Love • Snooping behind the scenes on four of our favourite freelance newsletters.

HOW WORKING WITH HEATHER’S MEDIA HUB WORKS

Rollin’ in Dough • Rhiannon is the owner of The Epsom Bakehouse based in Surrey, UK. She teaches people to bake...