Drowning, not waving!
I will not do unpaid favours.
I will only do unpaid work if I choose to do it under my own initiative.
I will only take on underpaid work if there is no fixed deadline, and only if I believe I can learn or gain something from the project. This is not usually the case.
I will not take on more than one underpaid job at one time. I will not put them in a queue. If one is already in progress, the answer is automatically no.
I will not break these rules -- especially not due to peer pressure or guilt.
Asking me to do an unpaid or underpaid project is equivalent to me asking you to take unpaid time off work because of a personal project that I want to see done. I would not ask that of you. Please don’t expect it of me.
If I turn down a project that you propose to me, it is not me disrespecting you as a friend. It is my need to devote my time to actually earning an income which, as a freelancer, is exponentially more difficult than it is for people in secure nine-to-five jobs. My time working at home is not “time off”. It is the time I need to develop my skills, learn how to market myself, and earn an income. My work days at home are often 12 to 16 hours long.
So. Them’s the rules! Now if I can only stick to them myself.
-Eden
I will only do unpaid work if I choose to do it under my own initiative.
I will only take on underpaid work if there is no fixed deadline, and only if I believe I can learn or gain something from the project. This is not usually the case.
I will not take on more than one underpaid job at one time. I will not put them in a queue. If one is already in progress, the answer is automatically no.
I will not break these rules -- especially not due to peer pressure or guilt.
Asking me to do an unpaid or underpaid project is equivalent to me asking you to take unpaid time off work because of a personal project that I want to see done. I would not ask that of you. Please don’t expect it of me.
If I turn down a project that you propose to me, it is not me disrespecting you as a friend. It is my need to devote my time to actually earning an income which, as a freelancer, is exponentially more difficult than it is for people in secure nine-to-five jobs. My time working at home is not “time off”. It is the time I need to develop my skills, learn how to market myself, and earn an income. My work days at home are often 12 to 16 hours long.
So. Them’s the rules! Now if I can only stick to them myself.
-Eden