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The Top Reasons to Track Time, Unrelated to Work
When we think about time tracking, we mostly think about it being a best practice for work purposes.
Tracking time boosts productivity, allows freelancers to accurately bill clients for projects, and gives us a better sense of how long a task may take (which can help both with planning and developing scopes of work).
But did you know that tracking time is also essential for your life outside of work?
Regardless of what fills your hours and days, time management is something nearly all of us struggle with.
We all have a lot of responsibilities and expectations, both from external and internal sources—work (of course), family obligations, friendships to nurture, personal health and wellness, and the daily maintenance of life.
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How to Prepare for Time Off as a Freelancer
Ahhh vacation. It’s a beautiful word, isn’t it?
For many of us it prompts images of palm trees, colorful drinks, and long siestas.
The North American definition is “an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling,” which we all know is parallel to a “holiday” in other locales around the world.
Basically, as an adult, it’s supposed to signify no work—sounds blissful, right?
As humans, we are meant to take time to recharge our batteries and fuel our souls with the people and things that make us happy. And not to say that work doesn’t make some of us happy (because that’s kind of a big goal in life), but it also occupies so much space in both our schedules and our minds that it’s healthy to get away every once in a while.
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Handling a Client Payment Dispute
Being a freelancer means you’re your own boss, right? Yes! Well, sort of.
Even though you are technically your own boss, you still have to answer to and impress clients—plus abide by their timelines.
Depending on the kind of freelance setup—maybe you do many projects for a multitude of different clients, or perhaps you spend the majority of time freelancing for one—it may sometimes feel like someone else is running the show.
No matter the situation, there will always be someone you are reporting to in some capacity, even if it’s just to receive and hand off assignments.
Being that this is a bit of a unique scenario compared to most manager-employee relationships, it can feel a little awkward when a payment dispute comes about. (Who enjoys conversing—and especially arguing—about money? Yuck.)
However, it’s your livelihood we’re talking about! It’s a big deal, and we’re sure it means a lot to you. That’s why we took a deep dive into those pesky potential payment disputes and have provided our advice and solutions.
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Timing’s Look at the iOS 12 Update
There’s always a lot of excitement surrounding an Apple announcement—and for good reason.
The brand is an innovative leader in technology, and has made many products that have seamlessly integrated into our lives to make our daily routines easier, smarter, and better connected.
It should come as no surprise that we here at Timing are big Apple fans (Timing tracks all your time spent on your Mac—and off of it—after all). We love perusing what experts and customers alike have to say following a big announcement from the industry giant.
New iPhones, an Apple Watch update, and iOS 12 were all topics of discussion at Apple’s September 12 press conference, and we’re going to take a look at all of them.
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How to Structure Your Timing Projects When Working with Multiple Clients
If you’re already a user of Timing, then we don’t need to tell you how time tracking can seriously improve your productivity, earning potential, and attitude.
Facebook even recently announced that it will allow users to track and limit the amount of time spent on its social media app to have a positive impact on mental health.
And, as a Timing customer, you likely immersed yourself (or hopefully at least skimmed) our email course during your first week playing around with the app.
Timing offers a lot of capabilities and features, but your situation might not require every single one. To get the most out of the software and become as efficient as possible when tracking time, we rounded up our best tips and tricks in one place.
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