Working at home has numerous advantages. Your boss can’t see you (and you can’t see him/her either). No dress code. No draconic working hours.

On the other hand, all freelancers have to motivate themselves all the time and fight severe drowsiness attacks. Working from the comfort of your home, you may feel sleepy in the morning, after lunch, at the end of the working day or late at night if you work late at night. In other words, you can feel sleepy at any moment. Sometimes it’s ok to take a nap and start working with your mind refreshed. In other cases, however, drowsiness is your enemy killing your productivity.
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Don’t forget to save this list of top 10 websites with free images. It’s a goldmine of free imagery. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Only imagine how many volumes of priceless words are hidden on the following sites then:

10 Great Places to Go When You Need a Free Image

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It’s no secret that many freelance writers collaborate on large projects. This is a great way to get a differential advantage: some folks are cracker-jack researchers, and some are better at putting ideas on paper.
 
Not many people in the world know everything and can do everything equally well. Thus, it is natural to work jointly on many freelance writing projects.
 
Sometimes, however, when it comes to coordinating mutual efforts, the bigger the group, the more problems crop up. The geographic scale, surprisingly, does not have much of an impact. It doesn’t matter much whether you are on different continents of simply in different parts of town.
 
There are a number of mandatory steps and/or solutions that you will need to pursue in order to assure your project’s success. Communications is one of the most important factors. When deadlines are short and you have to work fast, and effectively, email just won’t cut it.
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