The Roots of Overbooking

The Writers’ Co-op

Today we're talking about how to stop yourself from overbooking your freelance assignment roster. And we know, that description may raise a doubtful eyebrow or two – but we promise you, it’s possible!

In this episode, we dig into the myriad reasons why freelancers tend to overbook, like:

• We’re in a scarcity mindset and think that more work will never come. Or we believe freelance work pays so little that we have to take on more work whenever it comes our way.
• We don’t have a good accounting of how much we are making, or how much work we are doing, so we struggle to say yes or no based on capacity.
• We don’t know how long things might take us.
• Projects end up being delayed, and then everything compounds.
• Our identities are tied to being busy, productive workers.

We'll discuss each of these issues, and also talk about how to combat them. If you’re looking for our resources that accompany this episode, you can snag them when you join as a Patreon member at the All Access level or above.

How else do you like to combat overwork? We’d love to hear from you: [e-mail].

Check out our limiting beliefs episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qNrdRSdLpjnF6EtV4e92e

Struggling to manage capacity? You may find this worksheet helpful: https://www.thewriterscooppod.com/resources/p/worksheet-mapping-your-capacity

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