BlackFreelance

BlackFreelance

@blackfreelance.bsky.social

Platform and community for entrepreneurial freelancers—supporting independence from employment through a strategic and career-focused approach to freelancing. BlackFreelance.com

406 Followers 167 Following 547 Posts Joined Aug 2023
3 days ago

I don’t observe time changes…completely ignore them.

I use the sun as a guide and adjust as needed.

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3 days ago

Same thing for anyone gushing about their cheap VA in the Philippines, etc.

I’m not even against it, but why are *you* so excited to get help that cheap (especially in service where the labor is less hidden)

I just took a potential partner off my short list for that exact reason. Red flag.

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3 days ago

Which I think is part of the challenge of the LLM/consciousness conversation.

These were developed/popularized by people who, even before AI, were conditioned by a culture that normalized and elevated poor boundaries in business and life. The problem runs deep.

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3 days ago

Entrepreneurial tangent…

I’m highly wary working with people who prefer working with people/things that can’t say no.

Hearing, processing, and navigating “no” is an exercise in growth and maturity. Anyone seeing to eliminate that? Suspect. Deeply.

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3 days ago
Join the BlackFreelance Discord Server! Check out the BlackFreelance community on Discord - hang out with 54 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

And I’m just sharing the same advice I’ve shared out here since 2014

Idc what field you’re in or your employment status, you *need* to know how to earn on your own

…and be ready to apply sound business fundamentals. Those don’t change.

Come by the Discord to make it a habit discord.gg/63nwFwukga

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3 days ago

I know we’re in rough times cuz I got established white men hitting me up for career and indie/freelance advice 🫠

The layoffs in my world have been bad…but the worst part is how disruptive they’ve been

“I can’t put myself or my family through this again”…

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2 weeks ago

And remember the solution of DEI didn’t actually do much but ask that folks have enough actual representation to make things run smoothly and grant other options

So when white people talk about oligarchs they always leave out how fighting racism is fighting oligarchy

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2 weeks ago

Either that or just let them choke on their own norms🤷🏾‍♀️

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2 weeks ago

Why I went freelance and into consulting

One of my professors from waaaaaay back warned us this is the *default* for most workplaces, so be ready to get out

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2 weeks ago

Yep…this is how I take most spiritualizing like this…it’s a defense mechanism. The implications of accepting that level of neglect would be severe. Easier to just say “God’s got it”.

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2 weeks ago

My theory is that the gamble and loss is so bad that they just can’t admit how badly they messed their kid over. It’s such a ridiculously unforced error.

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2 weeks ago

Just an FYI you’re replying to a pastor (if you didn’t know)

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3 weeks ago

These days I’m really feeling like 99% of the time, people would know if they wanted to.

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3 weeks ago

Especially the active business-y ones

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3 weeks ago

The rank of “billionaires” having a whole class to abuse isn’t new.

That’s slavery and if someone is writing about America and ignores slavery..

They’re just bad at their job .

It’s no longer cute

They are fundamentally choosing to give you bad information

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1 month ago
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"Understanding the specific challenges self-employed workers face with credit cards can help you make informed decisions and build a strategy that supports long-term financial health rather than undermining it."

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1 month ago

A list of beauty product brands that belong to the Estée Lauder conglomerate, whose head is pushing for the takeover of Greenland.

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1 month ago
Join the BlackFreelance Discord Server! Check out the BlackFreelance community on Discord - hang out with 54 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

We're talking business bank accounts and workflows over on the Discord...come and visit!

discord.com/invite/63nwF...

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1 month ago

If there’s anything I’ve made a bad call about in life it’s how much I thought I’d like a corporate job

I was…so wrong😩

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1 month ago

It legit makes me think it’s intentional

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1 month ago

Just once in my life I want folks to set up standards so they stop wasting time.

Someone who’d turn on trans kids and gleefully break up encampments isn’t gonna “be good”

And stop sacrificing people to find out

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2 months ago
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COVID-19, Influenza and RSV: Respiratory Triad Prevention & Peaks Respiratory illnesses are rising this season. Learn what to know about COVID-19, flu and RSV symptoms and practical ways to protect yourself.

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"In addition to getting vaccinated, people can do a few things to protect themselves, such as:

Wearing a well-fitting mask...

Utilizing air filters and promoting air circulation...

Cleaning frequently touched surfaces...

Washing hands regularly..."

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2 months ago

Ok I thought it was just me being difficult because I always link when I reference health legislation in a piece. You’d think they’re getting dinged on SEO or something.

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2 months ago

Risk shift to the end user, who is the entity in the distribution chain who has the least ability to act on or correct any of the information provided.

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2 months ago

Unfortunately / Fortunately I am a really large Black woman so I’m not shocked by all of these “intellectuals” wilding out

They talked to me and other Black women brazy in public for a while

We’ve been telling you about these folks for years

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2 months ago
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

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2 months ago

"The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long."

Lao Tzu, Te-Tao Ching

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2 months ago

Fascism is what you get when a country is “run like a business”…

…which is an incredibly sticky problem when most of a country has a hobby of corporate apologetics

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2 months ago

We won’t make any sustainable progress against fascism in the US until we deal with the significant overlap with corporate structures and corporate culture.

Most people’s conditioning to accept and defend fascism in this country starts there…so political reactions are already reflexive.

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2 months ago
A striped cat in a window with flowers

Name twins!

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