S02 E05: Finding a Sustainable Rhythm with Belinda Weaver
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“I’d been writing copy… I just didn’t know it was a thing.”
— Belinda Weaver
Belinda Weaver believes there’s more to life than work — and has built a business out of creating more time.
Belinda helps copywriters avoid falling into the trap of low-paying work by showing them how to earn more money so they can spend less time working.
Belinda wasn’t always a copywriter... or even a creative. She actually started off with, as she says, “a very sensible career as a computer programmer” for almost ten years before realizing that it wasn’t what she was meant to be doing.
It wasn’t until she started working with a marketing team during a specific IT project that she had a lightbulb moment. A marketing degree and another epiphany later, she carved out her dream job, working for herself.
“A lot of copywriters have this moment, where I discovered what I SHOULD have been doing, what I COULD do — that made me feel great, that I could do and control my own work and my own time,” Belinda says. “That’s when I really discovered work with passion.”
In this conversation, Belinda discusses rituals, motivations, burnout, the “laptop lifestyle,” and designing your ultimate work/life balance.
In this episode of the podcast, you’ll discover:
✔ The rituals that Belinda has put together to make her days run smoothly — and how she managed to make them stick
✔ How to grow a business through setting micro-goals and building micro-habits
✔ What the corporate workforce is finally learning from freelancers
About Belinda Weaver: Belinda Weaver helps aspiring and working copywriters and writers create successful businesses that deliver more than money. With ten years of experience in the business of writing, Belinda shows copywriters how to command higher rates so they can work less and enjoy more time, freedom, and career fulfillment.
Highlights:
01:09 Meet Belinda Weaver
02:27 Belinda’s path to copywriting
04:12 Life experiences & their value
05:37 Paradox of freedom
08:49 Rituals, routines & habit-building
13:46 Building through micro-habits
14:41 Location-independent laptop lifestyle
19:12 Discovering your motivation
21:40 Burnout & illness
27:04 Comparisons
29:32 Follow Belinda
30:59 The recap
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