Give your adult kids the kick-start they need — The “failure to launch” syndrome is something many parents of young adults are aware of. Statistics from the US Census Bureau suggest that around one in three adults aged between 18 and 34 currently live at home with their parents, and that doesn’t include the many college-age young adults being…

Give yourself the (paid) time off you deserve — I’m a freelancer who also likes to travel, but to do that I have to generate a (fairly) consistent income year-round. Since I started freelancing, I’ve made various decisions about my work/life balance. They’ve included taking (most of) the summer off to spend time with family, going on vacations for…

Whether you’re a freelancer or a novelist — There are plenty of writing websites out there, and many of them come and go. Here are five that have stood the test of time. Make A Living Writing — Great site for general advice, specifics about paid markets, and writing contests. Scribophile — It’s a writers’ forum, a place…

Why are our own mistakes always the hardest to see? — I’m a full-time, self-employed, always-working freelance writer with training in editing and proofreading, and I still miss some of my own mistakes. Editing our own writing is never easy. We’re too familiar with it. …

Celebrating even the smallest of wins — I’m a huge fan of celebrating little wins. But sometimes you don’t want to spend much (if any) money on your mini-celebrations, especially if your goal was financial — like getting out of debt or hitting a certain figure in savings. …

No, it’s not constantly posting my stories on social media — I wrote recently about what I’d do if I were starting again on Medium. To be honest, I’m glad I’m not. I have over 20,000 followers behind me, and the views on some of my stories are still pretty low. …

But it was the part I didn’t like anyway — I’m a full-time freelance writer and people have been telling me for a while that AI will steal my job. I realised this month that they’re right. I have indeed lost one of my writing gigs to AI. Thankfully it was the one I liked least. For four years I’ve…

According to the Four-Minute Millionaire — My most recent personal finance read was The Four-Minute Millionaire by Niklas Göke, and I’m still mulling over some of the insights gained. No, Göke does not show you how to reach millionaire status in four minutes (that would be a fun, if unrealistic, read). He does however give you…

My step-by-step guide to (moderate) success on Medium — Today I’m answering questions from the comment section. On my recent piece How To Make A Difference With Your Writing, Wikist asked a great question: If I were to start again on Medium, how would I do that, step-by-step? It got me thinking.