Category Archives: Work

My Journey into the World of On-Demand Work

Posted on September 19, 2015 by The Traveling Rabbit

(UPDATE: You can hear me talk for 5 minutes about my work adventure on PRI’s radio show “To The Best of Our Knowledge”:  http://www.ttbook.org/book/what-its-work-demand-economy) As I’ve mentioned before, I’m an overeducated 40-something year old woman who spent years in research … Continue reading →

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Tasks Based on Trust

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Traveling Rabbit

Continuing along with my show and tell… back to talking about some of the tasks I first tried out back when I used the old TaskRabbit. I’ve learned so much from doing such a wide variety of tasks for such a … Continue reading →

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A Working Nomad’s Progress Report

Posted on March 23, 2015 by The Traveling Rabbit

Ok, LONG overdue for a work update, so here we are. As a quick “reminder,” about 1 YEAR AGO (!!), I quit my corporate job and started working freelance. At first, I worked on random tasks and odd jobs exclusively … Continue reading →

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My Work – An Update

Posted on December 31, 2014 by The Traveling Rabbit

Ok, it’s time for another summary of projects that I’ve been working on since my last update (over a month ago!  Jeesh!!).  As a general rule, I’m only including NEW projects that I haven’t yet written about.  So, these are … Continue reading →

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Tamara’s Task #2: Today is a Day

Posted on December 17, 2014 by The Traveling Rabbit

(a rhyming story about 3 dogs) Meet Bruno, Chloe, and Bubbles!!  Ok, so I’ve not been so great at sharing more in-depth descriptions of some of the more “unique” tasks I’ve taken on over the last year.  Well, here’s one…and … Continue reading →

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My Work (continued)

Posted on November 11, 2014 by The Traveling Rabbit

A few weeks back, I gave a summary of what types of projects I was working on at the time.  Sort of my first description of what I do as a new freelancer, funding my life of travel on the … Continue reading →

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The Freedom to Freelance

Posted on October 15, 2014 by The Traveling Rabbit

Moving on to try to explain how I fund this life on the road… to try to describe the variety of things that I now call “work”… the range of projects that keep me busy and entertained at all hours. … Continue reading →

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Tamara’s Task #1: Slurpee Surprise

Posted on September 24, 2014 by The Traveling Rabbit

 The Task: Deliver 17 Slurpees between 12:45 and 1:00 (same day) to a company in South Lake Union. The Slurpees were intended as a special surprise for a work meeting at 1:00. (Free Slurpee for me too!) So, at first … Continue reading →

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Funding This Life on the Road

Posted on September 23, 2014 by The Traveling Rabbit

I talk a lot about where I’m going and what I’m seeing every day. But what I haven’t really gotten around to describing too much is how I fund this big adventure. I started to talk about it a bit … Continue reading →

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TaskRabbit

Posted on July 11, 2014 by The Traveling Rabbit

Ok, so this isn’t really how I wanted to tell my story.  But here goes. Contrary to what may be the impression I give here, I am not just traveling around and playing.  I’m working very hard…usually 7 days a … Continue reading →

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