As a long-term freelancer, I've had one big problem with the tried-and-tested freelancing model. You know, the one in which you bid for a project or assignment, and wait until someone sees you as a good fit and then awards you the project. This model is only good for temporary or short-term freelance work; something you might take up to earn something on the side, or while in between jobs. The reason is that because of this model, you end up spending more time bidding for projects and waiting to be selected, instead of actually working. An ideal freelancing platform would let you work without bidding, and then sell your work multiple times and pay you a fixed percentage of profit. I know there are some (very few) freelancing platforms that actually do that, but in my opinion the one that does this the best is schoolsolver.com. If you are a freelancer, you can join School solver as a tutor, choose your favorite subject, answer students' questions on that subject, and get paid...
There are literally tons of instances when we wish we could make ourselves calm at will, but almost every technique fails miserably. Deep breathing is something people try out most often because it is suggested most often. However, the problem with calming oneself by breathing deeply has one flaw. The more we try to focus on our breathing to calm ourselves down, the more anxious we get when we don't see the results immediately. This little paradox keeps us nervous when we should be calmly processing the data that we need to deliver, during a public speaking session or an interview. There is however one technique that although talked about a lot online, isn't suggested as much. That is to slow down the movements of your mannerisms. This simple little trick can be more useful than one could expect, to calm the nerves. It does require a person to pay a little attention to their body language, but doesn't hog a lot of attention span, so the important processing can also conti...