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I've been working a lot lately, but not necessarily from my desk.
We've had family visiting this month, so I've spent a lot of my days showing them around, taking little trips, working from cafés, answering messages on trains, and squeezing work into whatever space I can find.
And honestly, I love that my work allows me to do that. Being able to move around, travel, spend time with family and still work from wherever I happen to be is one of the things I value most about working for myself.
But there's a bit of a contradiction in that flexibility that I've been feeling lately: the more freedom I have over where and when I work, the harder it can be to actually stop working.
There's always something I could do. One more email, one more thing to finish, one more hour I could squeeze in before going out or while I'm waiting for the train.
And sometimes I think the hardest part isn't having time off.
It's deciding that I'm actually off.
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Hello Everyone,
This is my first day on contra and i wanted to introduce myself properly 😄 Real human here not a template.
Im Maria, an operations and ecommerce assistant with -+ 9 years of experience keeping the day-to-day of a business running smoothly, so nothing slips through the cracks. I build systems and automations, managed e-commerce stores and look after clients, vendors and reporting.
I'm also a part-time musician. I release my own music and work with producers, so alongside the operations side i'm right at home with content, social and anything creative.
I love taking a messy manual process and quietly turning it into something that runs on its own. I'm organised, proactive, and reliable, someone you never have to chase.
🚀 Open to freelance, remote, and part-time work.
Let's connect and build something that runs smoothly together.