All the As to Your Qs: A Rapid-Fire Freelance Mini-sode

Introducing our BRAND NEW Mini-sode segment: "This Could Have Been an Email" rapid-fire Q&A! 🙌

You've been asking for more freelancing advice FAST, so we're answering your top questions in under 5 minutes each. No fluff, just laser-focused tips to level up your game. ⚡️

In this first edition, we tackle:
☕ How to successfully make the leap to full-time freelancing and crucial tips for acquiring starter clients, and structuring your schedule

☕ Productivity secrets introverts need to THRIVE remotely so you can excel as a freelancer

☕ We'll explain the game-changing features that make platforms like our favorite Sunsama an absolute necessity for managing multiple clients.

☕ Why rest alone may not "cure" burnout, we'll share how it's a critical piece of the recovery puzzle.

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Transcript

LaTara Dunn: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Burnt Out Freelancer. I am 

LaTara Dunn: your host, LaTara, and I also 

LaTara Dunn: have my co-host Molly here. And this is our show where we want to share it with entrepreneurial women who need a giant hug, another cup of coffee, and realistic advice for navigating this freelance life. We talk about the not so glamorous side of freelancing that no one really wants to talk about, and 

LaTara Dunn: Ever since the podcast launched, we've been receiving questions in our dms about our VA journey and searching for advice.

LaTara Dunn: And sometimes it can be a little overwhelming is what we're finding out when we're having these conversations in our dms, and what we're hearing is people are Googling, they're YouTubing, they're searching, and you just get stuck in this rabbit hole and it can become overwhelming. Now we all know that those pointless meetings can drag on forever and when the info could have just been in an email. So we've decided in spirit of that We're gonna be answering common freelancing questions and hopefully be doing it in under five minutes for each question,[00:01:00] So it's time to stop burning time and get those questions answered. Here we are, and we are introducing a mini episode that that we're featuring. This could have been an email, a quick q and a rapid session. In these fire bonus episodes, we're gonna tackle your most. Urgent freelancing questions, no fluff, no tangents, just to the point answers. So consider this your extra caffeine boost that you needed for the day for a little bit of inspo that you can listen to while you're on the go. 

LaTara Dunn: for this episode today, and we hope will help all of our listeners and we're gonna just jump right into question one. . So this question is for LaTara. What tips can you provide people for transitioning to full-time freelance life?

LaTara Dunn: Yeah. This is a wicked good one because we actually, in Molly's in my freelance community space, [00:02:00] we see this question come up a lot. And we have had a few of our friends reach out to us asking this as well, because they want to start working from home. They're tired of being in the corporate world. They wanna manage their own schedule. They don't wanna have to wake up to an alarm every single day at 5:00 AM whatever it may be. But you can't just decide one day. I mean, I guess you can. It's totally up to you, but I don't suggest it just one day saying, all right, I quit. I'm done. This job, I'm moving on. I'm gonna start my own thing. To make it less overwhelming and less stressful. It's smart to have a plan set in place, and so you really wanna focus on a few things before you leave this job. For example, when you're in the workspace and you decide, okay, I don't want this job, I'm gonna go get another job. Usually

LaTara Dunn: you that like month or two weeks notice, right?

LaTara Dunn: So this is that, except a little more extended really. And so you wanna make sure you have a little bit of a cushion financially. being a service provider, there's ups and downs when it comes to [00:03:00] income because you are not. Unless if you have contracted clients like six months out and every single client is six months to a year out, you are not always gonna know what you're gonna have for income. So one month you might have a 10 K month. Another month you might have a three K month, and you need to plan for that. All the time, but when you're just starting out, you really wanna be cautious. So we recommend making sure you have a little bit of a cushion set up aside as you're doing that transition in case if you don't have a lot of income right off the bat from your new freelancing clients. You also wanna be working on this in your spare time, so you're still doing your full-time job. So you do your VA job in early in the morning when you get home from work, late at night, after the kids go to bed, whatever. So you find those little times, which is what's great about freelancing because you really can work whenever you want. You [00:04:00] totally choose that schedule. So this is a great way to be building a up a clientele, doing this part-time while you're doing your full-time job. When you are at the point, when you're finally ready to go, you definitely, wanna let your employers know, Hey I'm gonna start a freelancing business on the side, and I want you to know a lot of the services that I'm gonna be offering actually kind of apply to what we do here. So if you have anybody that you know, or a fellow business or friend or whatever that is looking for an assistant, as you know, these are my skills. I'm more than qualified for this. I'd love for you to shoot out. A referral if you feel comfortable with that. if you don't have an N D A or something like that signed. Another way to start out is getting like quick side jobs off from like Upwork or Fiverr. These are basically, I think we've said this

LaTara Dunn: before, this is like the 

LaTara Dunn: indeed for freelancers, right? Yeah, everyone has all these jobs listed and you[00:05:00] can look for jobs that way. I personally, I've only ever received one job off from Upwork.

LaTara Dunn: I think I. I do have an account for both. I have an account for Fiverr, like you can find me if you're searching for Kajabi support. You can find me on there, but I tend to just grow from referrals, so I haven't used it that much, but a lot of people make

LaTara Dunn: a 

LaTara Dunn: boatload 

Molly Block: definitely 

LaTara Dunn: money off from 

Molly Block: Used it once or twice and it was small amounts, but it definitely helped when I was beginning and it definitely helped in my slower times. Like I put stuff up, graphic creation, just something small. And I found clients pretty easily, but I haven't used it in a while.

LaTara Dunn: Exactly. 

Molly Block: . Okay, Molly, next question. So this is really good for Molly and I cannot wait to hear what she has to say to this. So how this is very common and I personally think of this as being a huge benefit as being a freelancer because we're introverts and we don't have to be, out in the workspace.

LaTara Dunn: [00:06:00] We're not forced to be socializing publicly all the time, but there are some pros and cons. Molly, how can introverts thrive in this working

LaTara Dunn: remote space?

Molly Block: , as you mentioned, I mean, introvert and, 

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Molly Block: there's a few things that I like to follow that really help my workday go smooth. One we've kind of already gone over, which is having a area in your home, 

Track 1: 

Molly Block: so that you can turn your brain on to be productive in that space.

Molly Block: If you've listened to our previous episodes, I mentioned that my desk is currently at my dining room table. So I don't really have this separate office space, I'm working But I do like to, 

Track 1: 

Molly Block: go in an area where it's quiet, where I can just turn on some calming music and just focus on the work, which leads thing I like to do is, 

Track 1: build Alone time into my day. You know, we're working from home. 

Track 1: 

Molly Block: As we mentioned in previous episodes, we like to bulk our Zoom calls, , although it helps [00:07:00] your productivity for the rest of the week, it still can be overwhelming for an introvert to talk to all these people about all these different tasks, you know, in a four hour block. So I like to, , I check my slack in the morning as I've mentioned previously. I check my emails, but I like to turn my Slack notifications off. Like I will pause them so that way I can actually just focus on getting the work done that allows me to not get distracted. That allows me to recharge, reset, get my to-do list done.

Track 1: 

Molly Block: and that. Also, , when we talked about bulk, 

Track 1: 

Molly Block: zoom calls, there is a fine line with that. You don't wanna overdo it. Yes. I like to have, let's say on a Tuesday I'll try to schedule two meetings. I don't like, every single one of my clients on the same day. Right? that's that's way too much. I'm gonna be overwhelmed, be stressed, I'm gonna be burnt out.

Track 1: 

Molly Block: and it's just way too much [00:08:00] talking me. Like, I'll get to the last call and I'm frazzled, I don't know how to have a conversation. mind's not focusing on the call. 

Molly Block: , 

Molly Block: I just want the call to end no matter what we're talking about, no matter who it is.

Molly Block: I just want it to end because wanna get back to my safe space of me. 

, 

Molly Block: 

Molly Block: , 

Molly Block: So I right off the bat, set communication boundaries I let my clients know my preferred method. 

Molly Block: , 

Molly Block: I prefer Slack as communication or email. And Slack we've talked about is an amazing platform. you know, you can have separate channels, pause notifications, set away messages. 

Molly Block: There's just so many things you can do, but I only do Slack and email. 

Molly Block: Something I do on meetings as well that I find really helpful to recharge my battery is I ask my client at the end, instead of doing a recap Zoom call or, 

Track 1: um, 

Molly Block: through everything step by step with them.

Molly Block: I ask them if I can take a moment to retain all the information and then [00:09:00] put it on a Google Doc or in Slack or Trello you know, however, we, 

Molly Block: We hold our meeting notes so I can digest it and then go over it because I'm not somebody who does really well on a Zoom call going through everything, retaining the information as we're talking.

Molly Block: I'm just trying to focus on getting through the call because.I am thinking about list that I have. So, 

Molly Block: , 

Molly Block: I'm not, not that I'm not fully present because I am, but because I'm also trying to focus on having a conversation and sharing with them and not draining my battery. I just always ask them if I can, go over my notes and then talk to 'em . 

Molly Block: And be authentic. Be yourself. I don't force small talk, obviously I'm polite. I don't just jump on a call and say,

Molly Block: what's number one on the list? I'm not saying to be rude or anything like that, but I don't, I just get on the call and be authentic to me.

Molly Block: I do show my [00:10:00] personality through our call, so I do think that is important, , and again, you don't have to be somebody you're not, especially if you are an introvert, but being approachable, you know, having good communication skills and just knowing your limit, I think is very important for those Zoom calls 

Molly Block: Something else that kind of goes into the alone time isI like to have a deep work session where I turn my phone off. I turn notifications off. 

Molly Block: , 

Molly Block: because my desk is in my dining room right now, when my boyfriend comes home, he's in the living room. I can hear him, so I'll literally go move upstairs.

Molly Block: So I can be free of any distractions. Even like the dogs love them to death. They're my children. I don't have my own. I feel like I've birthed them , but I need to get away from them sometimes. And I just, I do so much better when it's quiet, when I am by myself, when notifications aren't going [00:11:00] off, when I am physically looking at my to-do list and checking those things off.

Molly Block: It also helps if there's a platform or something that I might not be super familiar with. It really helps me navigate that when I don't have any distractions. Because distractions for an introvert mean to me. It means communication. It means pulling out my, social personality and.

Molly Block: That's hard for me to do when I'm trying to get something done. it's just hard for me to have conversations in the middle of work around distractions, 

Molly Block: Because it throws me off 

Molly Block: So those are just things that I try to follow to keep the balance of interacting with my clients.

Molly Block: Yes, making sure they feel heard, seen, understood, but also not putting myself in jeopardy of being drained by 12 o'clock, 

Molly Block: So just trying to [00:12:00] recognize in yourself what your limit is, and then just setting those boundaries, whether it's with a client or with yourself, and the discipline of knowing, you know, areas in your home or outside the home that you thrive in Best.

LaTara Dunn: Yeah, I really like that. Those are some the really good

LaTara Dunn: feedbacks 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: And support questions. 

LaTara Dunn: Okay, what's next

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: question, Molly? What do we, what's another question we've been getting? 

Molly Block: All right, so another one is, 

Track 1: um, 

Molly Block: are project management

Molly Block: platforms necessary? 

LaTara Dunn: Hmm. That is 

LaTara Dunn: definitely a loaded question for sure. So yes, short answer is yes, absolutely. 

LaTara Dunn: 

LaTara Dunn: But there are so many different kinds out there. There's hundred not hundreds I mean, maybe there is actually technically, but. Dozens of platforms off the top of my head. There's Trello, there's Monday, there's 

LaTara Dunn: Notion, there's Sun Sama, there's 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: um, 

LaTara Dunn: Google to-Do list. there's Google tasks, there's your calendar. there's so many different things. A lot of people still do paper planners and [00:13:00] calendars and or just straight up a notepad. That's a to-do list that you cross off at the end of the day. There's so many different ways when you're first starting out. Using a piece of paper and a pen probably will get you by when you just have, know, like one to two clients, right? And you don't, they're not in the middle of a launch phase. So maybe you're a general VA and you just respond to emails, right? You don't need this big, convoluted, massive platform. You just need straight up a yellow notepad and a pen. But as You get busier or maybe you have a very chaotic life. Maybe you have a big family. So that one client

LaTara Dunn: might actually be a lot to you. You have a full-time job, you have a family. You gotta do all your mom responsibilities, all your wife responsibilities, all your friend responsibilities, like you have a lot of stuff happening, and then now you have this new client and you're trying to build [00:14:00] your freelance business.

LaTara Dunn: You're trying to grow. Sometimes just a piece of paper isn't gonna be enough and you need to have reminders coming at you. You need to have things digitally so you can have them wherever you are. You can see it on your phone or your laptop or in your office, so you don't miss anything. So there are a lot of, 

LaTara Dunn: , platforms out there that you can use, for free. You don't have to spend a lot of money to be able to use one now as you grow. The biggest problem that we get into is 

LaTara Dunn: Every client has a different way of tracking.

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: let's first talk about why it's important to have one, and then how to navigate those problems when you have multiple platforms that you need to be navigating.

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: larger teams definitely need 'em. If you have multiple clients, definitely great to have it because this is how you can delegate Projects, steps, systems, all of that, and you can see who's doing what. it's a great way to keep [00:15:00] track of, making sure the ball's rolling and everything's happening, and all the pieces are coming together without constantly sending out slack messages.

LaTara Dunn: Like, Hey, where are you at with Hey, have you submitted that? Copy yet for me to approve. Like they can just check off and you can see what's happening. So it's really, a huge time saver. Right. Which is good when you're busy and you have a lot of chaos going on in the background at home and whatnot. 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: Also 

LaTara Dunn: when you are managing those multiple clients, it's a good way for them to know where you are at with everything, because they're either you're gonna be on their platform or they're gonna be on your platform. Form, you know, you choose on your onboarding call, which ones you're gonna join like we talked about.

LaTara Dunn: , but , they need to also know what you're doing and you don't have to constantly be updating them or them not feeling like you're not doing anything. anyways. That's a great reason to have one. So I think they're totally necessary and it's just a good practice to get in from the very beginning when you first start out. 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: [00:16:00] Um, 

LaTara Dunn: So as you get busier, you don't have to introduce a new process. 

LaTara Dunn: So then the, the second part to this question is 

LaTara Dunn: freelancers have multiple clients. Multiple clients, they don't all use the same platform to manage their projects. They can't be joining your platform that you choose to use because all of their stuff is on their platform. Right. So say you decide you wanna go with Asana, but your client uses click up. She's not

LaTara Dunn: moving her click up over to your Asana. you're No, joining her. Click up, right? That's how it's happening. But then you're like, but I, my other client has Trello. I gotta join my other client's, TR Trello. And then my other client has notions. Now I gotta join my notions. So I've got my own Asana. I've gotta join their Trello. I gotta join their click up and I gotta join their notion. Now that is where it gets [00:17:00] chaotic. So I have found the best solution possible for this, and I have, I've mentioned it before, and it's this really cool platform that's called Sonama, and I am deeply in love with it because I was dealing with this when remember 

LaTara Dunn: there was a point in time where I had 20 

LaTara Dunn: clients, which was 

LaTara Dunn: obviously I don't 

LaTara Dunn: recommend to anybody. 

Molly Block: That was, that was crazy. 

LaTara Dunn: How in the heck do you, do you think I was 

LaTara Dunn: even remotely possible? How I managed all of the tasks? right? There's so many notifications. It's just you get burnt out just from reading 

Molly Block: get just thinking 20 

LaTara Dunn: like 

LaTara Dunn: your 

Molly Block: burnout 

Molly Block: about 

Track 1: clients having 

Molly Block: to talk 20 

Molly Block: different people.

LaTara Dunn: it would take me, would take me an hour. It would take an hour of my time in the morning to go through every single thing that happened.

LaTara Dunn: While I was sleeping, and then I'd have to update all these people. So then it would take me another hour after I would complete tasks [00:18:00] and update on all of their, their platforms. I'm like, I can't do this. I can't keep track. I need to figure out a solution. So Sunsama is really cool because it integrates with all of these platforms so I can. Have my home base, which is my sonama, and I pull all of their Slack notifications in it. I read all of my emails in it. I read all of their notion updates, all of their click up, all of their Asana, all of their Google to-do list. Everything imports into my home base. So therefore I can just look there and when I re, this is the even better part.

LaTara Dunn: Okay. say Molly, say You're my client and you you've assigned me a task and Asana that I've now imported into my sum saama. When I'm done that task, I click done and it will automatically Done On Asana.

LaTara Dunn: me in slack And I need to respond to that slack.

LaTara Dunn: That slack will come into my sunsama I'll respond there and it 

LaTara Dunn: will [00:19:00] go to your Slack as 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: if I was 

Molly Block: sunsama 

LaTara Dunn: Yeah, it is so cool. 

LaTara Dunn: what's great about it is time boxing or time blocking, some people call it. And it's like you just plan your day. It really helps you when it comes to step-by-step to stay like encouraged and stay on track of schedule and you. can track how long these things take you. So it's really helps you be realistic with staying on track and actually setting your schedule so you can see how much time You really have available. .  say you decide you want your day to end at five. a little notification will pop up from it and it'll be like, alright, it's time to start planning your shutdown of your day. Let's review what we've done so far and what you have left, and then it will rearrange your schedule for the next day

LaTara Dunn: for you based off from what you haven't finished.

LaTara Dunn: So then it automatically moves your tasks. , I absolutely love it. I highly recommend checking it out. It's great for CEOs, managers, freelancers, anybody busy. It's, you can use it for your personal life. I. put my personal stuff in it too. 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: I. So I can make sure I'm not missing any appointments. And it just helps you feel [00:20:00] calm and focused.

LaTara Dunn:  'cause it wants you to be super intentional about your day and to make it more realistic so you don't get burnt out. So we highly recommend you check it out. We're gonna link it down in our show notes. We actually have a code for you so you can try it free for 30 days, which is 

LaTara Dunn: a long trial actually. 

Molly Block: That 

Molly Block: is. 

LaTara Dunn: and then if you decide to stick with it, which I did the free trial when I first started 'cause I was like, all right, I'll try this out. And then, 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: if you stick with it, I think it's like $16 a month or $20 a month depending on what, 

LaTara Dunn: um, yeah, not bad at all. It's pretty common among most platforms. And so now I just have the one platform that I look at instead of different platforms. So it's really, really, really made my life so much better. And I ha I don't miss things or lose notifications anymore, which is great. So check out the link , try it for free for 30 days. We'd love to hear what you think. 

LaTara Dunn: And it definitely will help you with reducing your decision fatigue, which is a big one when it [00:21:00] comes to being burnt out in the freelance space.

LaTara Dunn: Which then leads us into our final question for this mini episode. So Molly. . this is a big one when it comes to being burnt out, and I feel like this kind of applies in life in general, but okay, I'm really burnt out. I think I just need to go take a nap or maybe get a few extra hours of sleep tonight

LaTara Dunn: and then I'll be back to normal. So does resting really 

LaTara Dunn: cure 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: your burnout?

Molly Block: this is a good 

Track 1: Um, 

Molly Block: so rest, as we all know, obviously is super important, but .It doesn't cure your burnout. bottom line, it doesn't. There's other factors that will, quote unquote cure it. 

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Molly Block: I'm, I sleep a lot. I could sleep nine hours, but doing that alone is not gonna help everything. 

Molly Block: 

Molly Block: It will, you know, diminish your symptoms of exhaustion, , if you're feeling like physically or mentally drained. But, 

Molly Block: it's, it's not a cure all and my clients are super understanding.

Molly Block: it's funny because all of my clients [00:22:00] know each other. I've got literally referrals from one, and now everyone has referred me to their friends. So if I wake up and I just .I wake up super early every morning recently I've been waking up at eight, which is not late, at all, but for me that is super late. I wake up at 5:00 AMsuper up that's like late, I'm waking I'm Like oh my God, the sun's already out. Like I've missed the morning. 

Track 1: You sound like my husband, 

LaTara Dunn: He's like, the day starts 

LaTara Dunn: at four 30. I put my feet the

LaTara Dunn: floor and 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: I'm like, oh my God. Chill 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: out. 

LaTara Dunn: the 

Molly Block: Steve. 

Molly Block: Literally, if we go do something on weekends, he's like, okay, let's go to Walmart. I'm like, 

Molly Block: it's 7:00 AM He's like, I'm, I'm up.

Track 1: and I'm like, oh, I'm just waking up. I might get out of bed. And he's like already to it, like hitting the ground running and I'm 

Track 1: like, 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: No, never 

Track 1: I am like, [00:23:00] uh, 

Track 1: you're crazy. You're crazy 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: But

Track 1: back to the question. Yes. 

Track 1: So.

Track 1: So, just sleeping is not going to cure your burnout. I, again, sleep a lot and I wake up and still some days, like as soon as I wake up, I just feel like this tight stress, almost an imposter syndrome, which we just went over.I'm still burned out.

Track 1: Like I basically just. Closed my laptop from the day before. Maybe did a few notes, but I went to bed with the burnout, so I didn't do really anything about it besides, yeah, refresh my mind and my body. another thing I like to do, and I think this is super important,is when I'm off, no. Am I, sitting on a Saturday afternoon, spending hours focusing on my business?I'm not like, I'm off. I, I do a little planning on Sundays, , but not every Sunday. And you know, depending on you wanna [00:24:00] regain perspective over the weekend, I do think that's important. but when I'm off. Let's say I close my laptop at three. I'll take a break so I can kind of recharge for a minute, and then I might sit back down and start writing things down to almost gain perspective on what is actually burning me out in my business.

Track 1: So is it a specific task that maybe I'm not the greatest at or I don't like and it's just draining my battery and it's burning me out? Or my priorities might have got a skew if I wrote a to-do list on Monday, but things happened and I wasn't able to complete them. Like moment to refocus. My mental, but also to write down like my priorities again and to gain the perspective on the areas that seem to be bothering me the most.

Track 1: something I just did, which I [00:25:00] encourage everyone to do because you're a freelancer, this is your business and you can do that is take A vacation, take an extended break. even if you can't, you know, do a vacation, maybe you have kids, maybe you financially are not able to totally fine take a mental health day.

Track 1: you don't have a nine to five schedule depending on your job. Maybe you do, maybe you do have to request off. I do know some freelancers do have more of a 

Track 1: schedule, LaTara and I don't. 

Track 1: Um, so I can literally tell my clients like, ,Today. I'm just, I'm I'm overwhelmed. I needto refocus.

Track 1: And my clients are totally understanding. , I don't do it often. It's not like once a week I take off because I'm also off on the weekends. Um, I it. Maybe I'll work in the morning and then I'm like, you know what? Mm-hmm. I can't. I'm, I'm overwhelmed. I've mentioned other episodes. I'm a crier.

Track 1: Once the tears start coming at the desk, I'm like, okay, Molly. Focus [00:26:00] what's wrong? Like nurture myself know that I, I can't do this today. Like I'm, I'm gonna come back to it tomorrow. At the end of the day, you're your own boss.

Track 1: Something that goes along with burnout too is like physically taking care of yourself. eating right, We mentioned this in other episodes, making sure you actually have a breakfast and a lunch, and if you don't do three meals a day, at least have breakfast 

Track 1: Getting outside, taking a quick walk, reconnecting with friends and family when you're outside of work, making sure you keep that home and balance life separate. , having a, uh, hobby outside of work. do art that really helps me with my burnout. I sell art, but I also make it For my personal mental health and just creating stuff whether

Track 1: For five minutes or for 30 minutes. reset and it helps me get out of the mindset of like, [00:27:00] oh my gosh, this day was so stressful. 'cause we're human. We all have days where we can't let things go and having a support system, having people who , Understand what you do.

Track 1: And if they don't, they're still supportive. 

Track 1: those are things that I like to. do to help. Reset and help alleviate burnout 

LaTara Dunn: Yeah, I totally agree with that one, being able to like, 

LaTara Dunn: you know, reengage with the perspective. Usually 

LaTara Dunn: those are the moments when I realize that 

LaTara Dunn: I have forgotten something 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: extremely 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: important.

Molly Block: I Yeah. do it all the time. All the time because I'm such . I'm in the grind. I'm so focused. 'cause I, my ad, my d I'm just so focused and like I miss something that's crucial 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: Mm-hmm.

Molly Block: 

Track 1: it 

Molly Block: takes me stepping out of my work mode to really look at it and be like, oh shit, 

Molly Block: I missed step A or [00:28:00] I didn't do this edit.

Track 1: 

Molly Block: because when you're feeling burnout, you're just trying to . We we're human. So I'm gonna say it like we just try to complete that to-do list. And not saying you half-ass it, but you're just going through the motions without 

Molly Block: actually focusing and realizing what you're doing. 

LaTara Dunn: Exactly. Yeah, and you can, be doing that for so many days in a row without realizing

LaTara Dunn: it's Taking place. that even 

Molly Block: And so it's just, I think it's just so important to 

Molly Block: take a step back. 

Molly Block: Look at everything, you know, make sure to keep working home separate. And the, 

Track 1: 

Track 1: support system is personally been really helpful for me. I have a support system in LaTara and Steve. And it, helpsI'm having those really crappy days, 

Track 1: um, 

Molly Block: that.

Molly Block: 'cause sometimes you mentally burn yourself out. You be overthinking things. So. Reaching out 

LaTara Dunn: definitely do that all the Nick's like, this is not 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: important, 

LaTara Dunn: I'm [00:29:00] but it.

Molly Block: . And it could be the smallest thing, but it's because I'm in a grind and not my head out of it for a moment to look at and be like, this isn't a big deal. This is, this is fine. 

Molly Block: It's easy. You can do it. 

LaTara Dunn: right. Yeah. were some really good questions. So again, we, what we went over Some of our common questions that we've been getting, tips for transitioning Into the full-time freelance space, 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: how introverts can thrive while working remotely.

LaTara Dunn: do you need a project management platform? And you know, which one was our favorite? Again, that is linked down below for a 30 day free trial. And then does rescue cure burnout. So we absolutely loved going over this. Please keep sending us your questions because this is fun it also really helps us navigate what types of conversations that we are going to continue having on this podcast. 

LaTara Dunn: so you can send us. 

LaTara Dunn: a dmm, 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: or You can email us. 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: Um,

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: Um 

LaTara Dunn: at

LaTara Dunn: imtired@theburntoutfreelancer.com 

Molly Block: laugh when that 

LaTara Dunn: we [00:30:00] love from you 

Molly Block: so amazing. It's so unique, so authentic. 

Molly Block: And 

Molly Block: email 

LaTara Dunn: Yes, please do. And so we really would love to continue doing these, 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: fire, 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: uh, 

LaTara Dunn: type questions. 

LaTara Dunn: , 

LaTara Dunn: and we're loving the idea of it just being like mini episode series. 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: it could have 

LaTara Dunn: an email. So 

LaTara Dunn: email us and we'll answer those. So have a fabulous day. Thank you so much.

LaTara Dunn: Make sure to subscribe if you haven't already. 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: 

LaTara Dunn: shout out to us on your, in your Instagram stories. Share our podcast wherever you feel comfortable sharing if you would like. And, 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: we can't wait to 

Molly Block: everyone 

latara_2_10-13-2023_103920: to you next week.