ajlancer
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Hi I have been working long time as a freelancer. And I faced several critical situation for several reasons. For example: Last year, I had sickness and I had to leave my freelance work for one week and those days many buyer cancel order and many more buyer query by PM why I do not deliver order within due time? Even few buyers also told me sickness not of my concern while heard I was sick.
In addition, last week my son was getting sickness and he suffer by high fever. So, I need to go to doctor chamber for taking prescribe and I must to give time for my son for look after. Because, he is my first priority rather than any work. I think all people give most priority for his family, especially while someone getting sickness.
So, I had to very busy for my son and my freelance work was hampering too much. Though, I worked very little in a day at least managing few emergency work situations etc.
So I'm asking as a freelancer what you will do, if you face such situation where you must be away from work for your family due to sickness?
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My daughter landed up in hospital for a week when she was 6 months old and every few weeks from then until she was about 3 years old she would get ill. It was always her chest and sometimes I had to nebulize her every 30 minutes to keep her out of hospital!
All I can say is it was awful and so hard. Just looking after my child like that took everything I had out of me, then I still had to try and run my business in between all of that?
I also had another baby when my daughter was 2 years old and I worked with him with me until he was 13 months old, so for about a year with my daughter still getting so ill I also had a baby with me. Plus my daughter only slept through for the first time ever when she was 3 years old.
I can't really tell you how I got through it. There were so many days when I felt so tired I could barely stand. I remember someone telling me that I was coping well. I didn't feel like I was coping, I was only breathing.
I know how scary it is having a child with a really dangerous temperature and being on the verge of taking your child to hospital at 3am... just keep plodding along. Some people will understand and others won't, just remember that your regular customers will probably be loyal to you and understand and those that don't care don't matter.
Do what is best for your family, put them first. In time things will get easier with work and your child. Oh I know exactly what you mean Ajlancer! My daughter landed up in hospital for a week when she was 6 months old and every few weeks from then until she was about 3 years old she would get ill. It was always her chest and sometimes I had to nebulize her every 30 minutes to keep her out of hospital! All I can say is it was awful and so hard. Just looking after my child like that took everything I had out of me, then I still had to try and run my business in between all of that? I also had another baby when my daughter was 2 years old and I worked with him with me until he was 13 months old, so for about a year with my daughter still getting so ill I also had a baby with me. Plus my daughter only slept through for the first time ever when she was 3 years old. I can't really tell you how I got through it. There were so many days when I felt so tired I could barely stand. I remember someone telling me that I was coping well. I didn't feel like I was coping, I was only breathing. I know how scary it is having a child with a really dangerous temperature and being on the verge of taking your child to hospital at 3am... just keep plodding along. Some people will understand and others won't, just remember that your regular customers will probably be loyal to you and understand and those that don't care don't matter. Do what is best for your family, put them first. In time things will get easier with work and your child.
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