Is semi-retirement stressful? You bet—here’s what to do about it Jul 27th

The topic of stress has come up a few times with my clients lately, as summer starts to give way to fall. Given the sporadic nature of freelancing, most freelance writers and suppliers know how hard it is to turn down paying work. I was like that in my first stint as a freelancer back in the 1980s, long before I achieved a modicum of financial independence.

This time around, though, I have the luxury of being able to pick and choose what I want to work on. Of course, if you say “no” too often, you run the danger of permanently losing the work to a hungrier (and likely younger) rival supplier. So, I may take on more work in the winter, but the summer is another matter. Any Canadian who dreads the long winter knows well how precious the time between spring and early fall can be…