On a regular job you get to know your boss inside and out, you familiarize yourself with their body language, and you will know how to approach them when needed, as well as how to engage them without stirring the waters or starting a conflict. What about freelancing? After all, you are your own boss, right? Thatās just part of the story because, if you think about it, every boss has their own boss up the chain. So if you are your own boss, then who is your bossā boss?
Well, it turns out that in the freelance world every client you get automatically becomes your boss, and the stress of dealing with tenths or hundreds of bosses every day of the month can easily play a number on your mental & emotional health. Imagine having a boss trying to contact you while you sleep because their time zone is on the other side of the spectrum, or several bosses nagging you at the same time. Think of a boss whom you need to carefully talk to because their cultural differences can turn your words or ideas into unintentional weapons, while at the same time working on several projects for other bosses who keep asking you about your progress. But you can use the freelancer code and simply replace ābossā with āclientā, that should keep you sane for a while.
I have to agree after being bossed for so many years in my freelancing career - some people just canāt help it. Or maybe itās part of their educationā¦
Whenever I get a bossy client, my first reaction is literally rolling my eyes! And this can have some impact (or quite the impact) on your work at times, especially if the ābossā keeps nagging you. But when the client acts like a client and not like my boss, then things work out really well, communication is relaxing and quite delightful, everythingās peechy!
Well, I have zero communication with my bosses. I only sell eBooks and at the moment only on A-zon.
I publish under three names and right now, Iām on my religious kick! I need to get something out for the other two genre before the two or three followers I actually do have leave me!
I donāt have gender identity issues! You spend too much time on a certain forum with too many men pretending to be girls!
I do admit I publish under initials, like G. A. Riley. I guess, it keeps people guessing. I havenāt published a romance/erom in over a year. Iām determined to get at least two naughty novellas out this year.
OK, these gifs would have gotten me suspended from the F forum
But letās see what the Mods in this forum do
P.S. did you know I canāt say āā ā ā ā ā, āa$$ā, āfāuckā and the likes? They would get censored when I copied text from the other forum.
On the other hand, regarding the OP, we have Betteridgeās law of headlines, which says that āAny headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.ā
Being a freelancer is like being Batman. Technically, youāre self made. Thereās just jokers everywhere who keep constantly trying to ruin everything.
You spend too much time on a certain forum with too many men pretending to be girls!
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Or not 
