What happens when you tell someone you’re a freelancer? You’ll probably get some version of the following:

1. “I wish I could work in pyjamas and sleep in every day!”

There may be some freelancers who don’t have to leave their house, spend their days watching Mad Men reruns and only work 4 hours a day. But honestly, I haven’t met one yet.

Most freelancers are too busy going to client meetings, meeting with prospective clients, working out of the client’s office, going to networking events, working around their families’ schedules, and, you know, running their own business.

The idea that freelancers are sloppy and carefree, somehow implies that freelancers just don’t work as hard as 9-5-ers. Not true!