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Self-Discipline for Self-Employed People (Especially Creatives)
By Debbie Stokoe — 2017
It recently dawned on me that I struggle with self-discipline. After years of robotically doing tasks imposed by others without having much choice about what to do and the order to do it, the ability to organise my own life exactly how I wanted it has at times proved to be daunting.
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