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Insecure about managing time "How many hours a day do you spend on *paid* work?"

Inexperienced "New freelancer"

Anxious "constantly fretting about the time I spend doing extra work activities"

separating time into things that pay bills vs don't pay bills

non billable work

anxiety because non billable work is necessary

wants to exercise to clear mind "After I do jumping jacks and push-ups I feel so much better."

"I've been in one spot for six hours and I just have to move my body."

"sometimes I feel like I can't stand to look at the screen for another minute "

"I think exercise is almost as important as work, it refreshes me and gets me away from the screen!"

doubt about how much time should be spent on billable work

billable time depends on type of freelance work?

"worked 13 hours, clocked 6"

time spent responding to emails, answering calls, replying to skype

time spent managing contractor

lots of little distractions

no time for extra-work stuff (no exercise, doing dishes, marketing themselves)

wary of employing more people before they are really needed

--when are more people actually needed?

need to bill for everything you work on

bill for meetings / time writing emails / calls

sell packages of hours "working towards getting people on maintenance plans"

context switching "lot's of 2-10 minute stuff involving lots of task switching, which is a big loss"

"if I'm adding value to your business, you're getting charged for it"

I use a start / stop time tracker for everything

track time down to the second

show my clients my time tracker

"Ideally, this is no more than 8 hours a day."

Can't have schedules "work comes in infrequently and usually short notice with a short deadline"

"open deadlines" -> charging by volume (week) vs specific goals accomplished

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