Health + wellbeing
Although working in your own business often comes with more flexibility and freedom than working under a boss, managing work life balance as a soloist has a whole new set of challenges.
In this section you will discover tips for finding the right balance between your personal life and your work including practical advice on setting priorities, dealing with information overload, how to maintain professional boundaries and avoid burnout. It is also hugely important as part of managing work life balance for soloists to schedule time out each year, so find out whether you are taking enough annual leave.
Check out our step-by-step course to solo success.
Health + wellbeing
A PSA to all mums: please prioritise self-care so you don’t burn out
My greatest challenge which I navigated successfully was making it through a high-risk pregnancy during lockdown, writes Olivia Jenkins, mum of three under three...
Work life balance
My experience of burnout was a gift
Writing a book about burnout, I’ve spoken with experts as well as people who’ve been through burnout. Lisa Callinan is both of these –...
Health + wellbeing
Just because you have flexibility doesn’t mean work is easy
The way we work has changed dramatically for many (for those in the regions, maybe not so much) and reading the statistics that are...
Health + wellbeing
Lockdown 2.0 might be just the break we need!
If you’re a Melbournite like me, welcome to Lockdown 2.0. For those of you who cautiously emerged from your hidey holes to run retail...
Health + wellbeing
The secret to successful resolutions
Choosing a New Year’s resolution is easy, but for them to stick you need to ask: did you make a wish or a commitment?
Health + wellbeing
How to get all your work done in 5 hours a day
Tired of working nights? Struggling to fit all your work into the short school day? These nine tips will help you own your to-do...
Health + wellbeing
The hardest Flying Solo article I’ve written
In 2014 I was the Acting Editor of Flying Solo during a maternity leave position. The editor who took my place was the dazzling,...
Health + wellbeing
Everything I miss about having a real job
Okay, so I drank the work-for-yourself and work-from-home Kool-Aid. But now it's passed through my system, and I've sobered up to the harsh reality...
Health + wellbeing
