What are you doing day-to-day as a WFH freelancer when you have no projects/client-work?

I’ve been struggling to find/land gigs//feel useful lately.

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Meet with 3 to 5 people per week for biz dev, exercise, and side project(s). I hardly get to all 3 but there is never enough down time!

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Work on portfolio
Work on organizing files
Work on finding clients
Work with AI
Work on budgeting
Work on side / home projects
Go out
Networking events

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Exercise, do volunteer work, and daily walks. I usually try to see it as down time for recharging before getting booked again so I wouldn't feel depressed about it.

thanks yunz, keep em coming!

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