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unsolicited advice - just don't

Happy Friday 📰 If you've been looking 👀 for a job for a while, no doubt at least one person has given you unsolicited 📣 advice. While well-meaning, it's usually not helpful 🚫 Like at all. The fact is, if you haven't had to look for a job in the last 3 years, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD THIS MARKET IS. You just don't. So please, try to keep your well-meaning advice to yourself. If someone asks for your advice, by all means, dispense 🥼 away. But maybe qualify it with "it's been x number of years since I've been in the job market but this worked for me...". Job seekers, hang in there. And remember, it's ok to take the weekend off from the job search if you're feeling burned 🔥 out. #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #WorkLifeBalance #JobHuntingChronicles
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hang in there

I'm not sure which is harder: • looking for a job right now or • talking with someone from the Silent Generation about looking for a job right now But I do know this, the Silent Generation isn't so silent 🤔 Job seekers, I feel you. Hang in there. #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #CatSitting #CatSitter #WorkLifeBalance #JobHuntingChronicles
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current freelancing read 📖

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Happy Thursday 📰  I haven't posted a freelancing book in a while, here's the one I'm currently reading 📖 I wish I got paid to read 😂 #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #WorkLifeBalance #JobHuntingChronicles #TheFreelancersBible
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appreciate the new clients (and the new views)

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Happy Wednesday 📰 I took this picture as I was leaving a new client this morning. There are definitely worse views 🌴  #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #CatSitting #CatSitter #WorkLifeBalance #JobHuntingChronicles
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a reminder to value yourself (and your rates)

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Happy Tuesday 📰 Last night I got a message on one of the cat sitting apps I use to find jobs. I replied within 2 minutes and it was seen by the potential client but he didn't reply back. The dates he gave me included a holiday (so a surcharge is added to some of the days) and when I didn't hear back from him last night, I wondered if I should remove the holiday surcharge in order to get him to book. But then I remembered that I did that recently for another potential client and she ended up not booking with me anyway. So I left the holiday surcharge in and was pleasantly surprised this morning to see that he replied to my message from last night and then booked with me. Freelancers, I know it can be hard to stand your ground with things like rates, but if you don't value yourself and your time, no one else will. #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #CatSitting #CatSitter #JobHuntingChronicles 
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purrformance evaluation received 😻

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Happy Sunday 📰 I'm in the middle of cat sitting for a new client. Her cats are VERY shy, I didn't even see them when I went over for our meet and greet. I told the client not to worry, cats usually end up coming around to me. We'd be fine. So I've been going over twice a day since Wednesday (the job finishes on Memorial Day), and while there's been evidence that they've been out when I'm not there, they haven't dared show their fluffy faces in my presence. That changed this morning. I saw one of them sitting in the window as I drove up (but of course, s/he was gone when I came in). Then after doing my routine, I decided to sit in a chair that looks down the hall to the bedroom and guess what I saw? A cat...just staring at me. But more importantly, not running away. I took a quick picture to send to the owner, stating I *thought* it was Ivy but I wasn't sure (per the owner, both cats look very similar with Ivy being smaller - not much to go on if...
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Memorial Day weekend 🇺🇲

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Happy Friday 📰 I love #MemorialDayWeekend because it's the unofficial kickoff to Summer ☀️ I'm in the middle of a cat 🐈 sitting job that goes through Memorial 🇺🇲 Day so I don't get the day off but I am taking the weekend off from the job search. Hopefully I'll be able to read 📖 a little while sitting out on my balcony. Enjoy your weekend, whatever you do. #freelancer #FreelanceWork #FreelanceLife #WorkFromHome #RemoteWork #CatSitting #CatSitter #WorkLifeBalance #JobHuntingChronicles
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