So, if you’ve been keeping up with us this week, you’ll know that we’ve been talking about different ways to make sure that you have plenty of freelance business over the holidays. Here’s what we’ve talked about so far:

• Steady Customers Can Sustain Your Freelance Business during the Holidays
• Plan Ahead to Make Sure You are Busing Freelancing during the Holidays
• Try Something New to Revitalize Your Freelance Business during the Holidays

To bring this series to a close, though, I want to make one last suggestion.

Consider not working too much over the holidays!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking a little break now and then, and what better reason to do so than because it’s cold outside, people keep offering you food, and you need to go shopping? Even though we’ve worked to make sure that we have enough to do during the holiday season, neither one of us intends to have too much on our plates during the week of Christmas. Don’t forget that the ability to control your schedule is one of the great things about freelancing.

If things get a little too quiet during the holidays, don’t let it worry you too much. There are plenty of reasons that it happens, and it’s very, very common. There’s a reason all the freelance blogs talk about “feast or famine.” Don’t let it discourage you.

Instead of getting down about the slowdown, take advantage of it. Enjoy your family. Enjoy the season. Have some eggnog…if you’re really stressed, add a little booze to it. This is the time of year when we really should take some time out to appreciate what we have. Maybe not being so busy with work can give us an opportunity to take a deep breath and do just that.