Beating the Mid-Afternoon Slump

I recently had the opportunity to do some temp work for a friend of mine in an office setting. As a freelancer, I’m used to setting my own schedule. I love having the freedom to work for a few hours, take a break to walk the dogs or do something else, and then going back to the keyboard for another few hours. I’m out of the habit of working an eight hour day! One thing I noticed was the mid-afternoon slump — an hour or two after lunch, I found myself tired and unfocused. I’ll admit that I went for … Continue reading

Surviving and Weathering a Slump

Things cannot always go our way. Sometimes we will be buzzing along full of positive vibes and good energy, the customers are coming to us and the money is flowing–other times, well, we find that we are in a slump. Things are bumpy–they aren’t going our way and we find we have to tighten our business belts. We can get through this, we can survive and weather the typical slump… The first thing to realize is that the slump will pass–whether you are lacking in productivity, energy, contacts, or if you’ve lost some customers or clients or your business is … Continue reading