Freelance Writing and Research

Backing up your work should be an important part of the freelancer's day, says she with hindsight. Organization is not my strong point when it comes to some things. I always do my best to stick to deadlines and if there is going to be a problem to make the client aware of it in good time. However, there are some things that always seem to be on my to do list at the end of every day and they get missed nine time out of ten. Forgetting to back up my work on the computer is one of my worst faults, and until this week I have been very lucky. This week my luck almost ran out; my computer went down and I could not access anything. I was panic stricken because I had not backed up for weeks. We callled in the engineer who managed to rescue all the data from my hard drive (sighs of relief and prayers of thanks) but couldn't fix my laptop. I am now waiting on another engineer while working on a borrowed computer. We shall see whether it is £200 I have to find or £1,000 for a new laptop. Bear this in mind if you have a problem with backing up your work.