Freelancers, how do you feel about your “time off”, do you ever get to relax between shoots or is it always looking for the next thing?

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There's no such thing as "time off". Finding the next gig is a full time job in and of itself. I'd love to take a real break or vacation, but there's just no way to do it. The grind doesn't stop.

That just sounds exhausting, at least with full time there’s the familiarity with it, even if the threat of lay offs is always looming

I try and balance the two- I allow myself some time off to see friends and family/go on a holiday, but then I allow some time to apply to jobs.

Yeah I think it’s good to allocate but sometimes I can find it so hard to apply for jobs when I know I could be doing anything else.

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