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For @Fortune, I wrote about how freelancers can adjust their hustle in the wake of the pandemic. Tips on what to do right now and how to build for the future: https://fortune.com/2020/04/09/freelance-coronavirus-advice-covid-19/
From financial risk to changing client demands, the pressures on independent workers aren’t new. What this moment gives us is an opportunity to go beyond reacting to the current situation to building a more equitable environment for independent workers.
For freelancers across the board, now is a good time for planning, personal growth, and strengthening relationships. Check in with yourself about what needs attention now if you’re not so focused on client work right now.
Be mindful if you need to pause. This unexpected downtime might be a good time to make room for self-care, especially if you were working like crazy before the crisis. It’s okay for you to focus more on ~being~ than ~doing~ right now.
Ask for support if you need it. I gathered a ton of resources for freelancers and I'll share some here.
First, @FortuneMagazine has a great explainer on how the self-employed can take advantage of the coronavirus stimulus package + unemployment. https://fortune.com/2020/03/26/stimulus-package-how-to-unemployment-benefits-small-business-student-loans-self-employed-retirement-coronavirus-bill/
First, @FortuneMagazine has a great explainer on how the self-employed can take advantage of the coronavirus stimulus package + unemployment. https://fortune.com/2020/03/26/stimulus-package-how-to-unemployment-benefits-small-business-student-loans-self-employed-retirement-coronavirus-bill/
For freelancers from any industry facing sudden hardship, you can apply now to the new Freelancers Relief Fund from Freelancers Union ( @freelancersu). https://www.freelancersunion.org/resources/freelancers-relief-fund/
For freelance photographers, @theauthorityc has been facilitating mutual aid and keeping an ongoing list of funding opportunities: https://www.authoritycollective.org/coronavirus-resources
They also helped create a new survey for lens-based visual storytellers https://bit.ly/visualfieldsurvey (deadline April 15)
They also helped create a new survey for lens-based visual storytellers https://bit.ly/visualfieldsurvey (deadline April 15)
Cool just realized I should have tagged @FortuneMagazine at the beginning of this thread 
