No writing on a weekend
Basically, what I usually do on a weekend is pig out. During the week day, this freelance writer is not to drink a single drop of alcoholic concoction, limited to only one cup of coffee per day and no more than 7 ciggs. During the weekends (beginning Friday), I’ll let everything AND I MEAN EVERYTHING hang loose…which includes my kids’ homework and their Nintendo play time. I know, yikes!
Here’s what I’m driving at, actually. I am thinking along the lines of not touching a single document of my clients’ work on Saturday and Sunday because I would like to spend that time with my kids and my family. If you’re a freelance writer starting out in the writing game, bear this in mind….it’ll save you a whole lot of problem later on…most of them related to your health and mental stability! 
You see, when you give yourself a rest and stop doing your freelance work even when you’re home and you have time available, you will be in a better position to recharge yourself. Recharging is crucial to your productivity, mind you, because if you’re not in the perfect frame of mind, what you’re going to produce is a bunch of crap which the client might hate. And you don’t want that…seriously don’t want that.
But a freelance writer like me who is also a workaholic might find refraining or keeping away from work a big ALMIGHTY challenge! It’s like the computer’s there and it’s calling you, beckoning you to finish up just ‘one more article’ before playing with your kids or reading that book. But a freelance writer’s got to do what a freelance writer’s got to do….refrain and abstain from working.
So, my advice for you beginners today would be to know your own limit and toe the boundaries. If you don’t, the line between home and work will be blurred and frankly speaking, that’s when the trouble starts!
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