12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

Till now, everyone said to you that freelancing is fun, and it gives you a control over what you want to do and how you want do the work assigned to you. You do not have a boss, and no one is going to tell you when to work and when to sleep.

Well…

This is not far from the truth but there is another point of view on this matter, which I am going to share in this blog post.

You should not take freelancing as a career if:

You do not want a boss

Well, if you do not want a boss for yourself than freelancing is not a career choice for you, indeed, you do not have “a boss” here, but you have bosses here. Your clients are your boss and often they will be more than one in number, and everyone will be asking for your 100 percent attention to his or her work, so if you feel uncomfortable in working with a boss then look somewhere else, freelancers have more than one bosses.

You do not like late night shifts

If occasional late night shifts make you convulse then freelancing may not be a right career choice for you. You need to work day in and day out, sometime without a break for days, if you want to be successful as a freelancer. Freelancing is a business, not a fix-time job. It will require your 1000 percent contribution, not just your presence in the employer’s office.

You cannot add value

Contrary to what you think, freelancers are supposed to be more efficient than the regular fix-time employee. Your client is outsourcing his work, instead of hiring someone fulltime to do that work, because he or she wants more work done by paying less dollars.

I know, “how much is less and how many is too many” are relative concepts.

As a freelancer, you will have to make many decisions. Decisions related to work, finance, time, negotiations and what not. You are running a one-man show, if you are freelancing. Can you do it? Do you have it in you?

Write to me, if you think you can. Use the comment box below or mail me on Bikram [at] biksy [dot] com.

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07 Jul 09 Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs In Your Diet

Carbohydrates is an often misunderstood word in the dieting community. Most people consider cutting carbohydrates out of your diet completely is the answer to burning more fat and losing weight faster, but this actually isn’t true. Everything depends on what sort of carbohydrates you cut out of your diet, and which you continue to consume. Complex carbohydrates are something that your body needs, and are more helpful in your quest to burn fat than cutting out all carbs outright. Simple carbohydrates are what you want to stay away from.

Simple carbohydrates are found in foods like white breads, and any foods high in sugar. Simple carbohydrates are bad because they are almost immediately converted into glucose inside your body, and because the energy releases so fast, unless it is burned off right then, any extra energy will be immediately converted into body fat. This is why simple carbohydrates are what you want to stay away from in general, but also you’ll want to avoid ever eating them when you’re not going to be doing any sort of activity shortly afterward. In other words, simple carbohydrates are not the thing to eat as a late night snack, unless you want to pack on the pounds fast.

Complex carbohydrates are good because they are slow release, giving you the energy you need throughout the day, and also never releasing more than your body can use at any one time. Complex carbs give you just the carbohydrate energy you need to be active, or function at your job, but because they release slower you are only using the energy you’re given in smaller bursts, instead of receiving more than you need and having the excess converted into fat.

Good complex carbohydrate foods that you can eat as a part of your weight loss diet include wholegrain breads, high fiber cereals, peas, beans, potatoes, brown rice, and even pasta. As long as you don’t go crazy on the portion side, and eat these earlier in the day opposed to later, they’re carbohydrates that won’t do harm to your diet, and will instead give you the energy you need to keep going and keep burning fat.

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12 Sep 09 3 Reasons You Would Not Like to Freelance

You do not want a boss

You do not like late night shifts

You cannot add value

07 Jul 09 Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs In Your Diet

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