A is for…
On the 22nd May 2019 I was 14 weeks pregnant but unlike this time in my last pregnancy, I wasn’t excited. Rewind 12 weeks, and you’d have found me sobbing uncontrollably on my landing after witnessing one line turn into two. I was only about 2-3 weeks pregnant, but I saw my the life I’d […]
Freelance Heroes Day 2019: My takeaways.
At the end of May, I was completely honoured to be invited to speak at Freelance Heroes Day in Wolverhampton. When I started out in my freelance journey, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. To be honest, I’m not sure anyone does. You might think you know what you’re doing, but there […]
“I’ve got to save myself!”
Isn’t it funny how hypothetical situations work? It’s so easy to have an opinion when you aren’t staring the reality of it in the face. It’s easy to say “I’d never do that” or “Of course I’d do that”. But really, I don’t think anyone knows what they would do in a situation until they […]
24 Things I Have Learnt In My 24 Months In Business
24 months. That’s two whole years. Two years of Lunax. Actually, that might be a teeny tiny lie. Although I’ve been doing this for 24 months, ‘Lunax’ wasn’t created until a couple of months in. In fact, I started my business journey freelancing as ‘Francesca Irving – Marketing’ (creative, I know) on-the-side of my regular […]
Mental Health: Let’s keep the conversation going!
Last week, I lost a friend and colleague to suicide. It’s not my story to tell. But the wider story is one that needs to be told. Rewind a few years and mental health wasn’t something many people understood. It was either a taboo – something to be kept hush hush. Or it conjured images […]
5 ways to land a client when you’re a freelancer
5 ways to land your first client So, you’ve decided to give freelancing a go. Or perhaps your sights are set on creating a larger business structure. But how are you going to land that first piece of paid work? By this stage, I’m going to assume you’ve checked off the basics of getting your […]
Why I’m only setting myself one goal for 2019
It happens so frequently – I wake up in the middle of the night with another brilliant business idea. That lightbulb moment. Something I just can’t ignore. And I have to act upon it there and then. I mean, I don’t want to see my idea on TV in a year’s time and think “If […]