Reflecting on My Business Evolution: An Insight from 2024 as We Approach 2025
On a workcation and reflecting on 2024 plans for my business as we head into 2025.
Honoring My Promises: Reflecting on the Free At 50 Blog’s Triad of Values for 2024
Every blog stands for something. Here are the Free At 50 promises kept for 2024 moving into 2025.
November Overhaul: Declutter and Streamline Your Business for a Powerful 2025!
Why save decluttering your business for spring cleaning? Get on track for 2025 by doing it in November!
Why My History Blog Stands Out: A Deep Dive into My Mission and Guiding Principles
Do you follow guiding principles? My 2024 birthday gift to myself: a fresh start with my history blog!
Why You Should Bring Your Authentic Self to Work (Break Away: Focus on Your Why)
Amanda is focused on her why and she's bringing her authentic self to work every single day.
My Goal is NOT Becoming a YouTube Star: It's About Building the Free At 50 Brand
Are you uploading videos to YouTube to build your brand? I am.
6 Free At 50 Marketing Basics for Beginners: A Post for Anyone Ditching the 9-5 to Become an Entrepreneur
Going from employee to entrepreneur? Use these 6 Free At 50 marketing basics to build your business.
Free At 50 Tips on the How-To’s of Personal Branding: A Lesson From Thomas Jefferson
You can learn personal branding from Thomas Jefferson- here's how his words can inspire step one on the Free At 50 list of how-to's!
Feeling Anxious? Here are 10 Free At 50 Posts You Can Use Today to Boost Productivity and Get Focused as an Entrepreneur.
Are you feeling anxiety and overwhelm as an entrepreneur? These Free At 50 posts will boost your productivity and give you focus.
Do You Have an Instagram Strategy That Works? Captions Are Important, but There’s More!
Do you have an Instagram strategy? You need more than good captions, which are important too!
The Fastest Way to Repurpose Content for Social Media is Video
What's the fastest way to repurpose content for social media? Video!
Be Prepared: 4 Steps to Simplify Social Media as an Entrepreneur
When it comes to social media, are you as prepared as a Boy Scout? Use these 4 steps to simplify social media.
Unleash the Power of Organic Growth: 6 Tips for Promoting Yourself and Your Business on Social Media Without Ads
Want to know how to grow your business on social media without ads? Use these 6 tips.
Make Your 9-5 Escape Permanent this Year: Use 2023's Most Popular Articles on the Free At 50 Blog
Are you ready to make your 9-5 escape permanent this year? Start with the most valuable resources online: 2023's most-read posts on the Free At 50 blog.
December 29th is "Still Need To Do" Day: Let's Turn it Upside Down and Focus on Long Term Goals
Let's turn National Still Need To Do Day upside down and make the end of the year stress-free for entrepreneurs.
The Secret to Being Productive: Your Brain Dump To-Do List for 2025
Do you brain dump? It's my secret to being productive and I'm sharing how to do it!
The Free At 50 Recommendation for Every Entrepreneur to Recharge: Plan a Workcation
Planning a workcation can be the secret to recharging you and your business.
Every Entrepreneur Needs a Blog: Here’s the Free at 50 Take On Blogging to Build Your Business Effectively
Why does every entrepreneur need a blog? How do you get started? Get the details on the Free At 50 blog.
How to Invest as an Entrepreneur to Achieve Your Life Goals: A Guest Post from an Expert Advisor
Investing looks different after leaving 9-5 life so learning how to invest as an entrepreneur is important in achieving your life goals.
Grab Your Pumpkin Spice Latte and Update Your Business To-Do List: Powerful October Ideas for Entrepreneurs
It's pumpkin spice time which means it's October! Let's take a moment for planning your business growth with some ideas for entrepreneurs.
Free At 50 Blog's 2023 Summer Interview Series: Angie Aki Left Corporate Life and Hasn't Looked Back
Angie Aki left corporate life at age 40 and hasn't looked back. Transitioning from pharmaceutical sales to real estate investment, she is living her dream.
Free at 50 Blog’s 2023 Summer Interview Series: How Ann Hooper Pivoted Her Business
How do you get to be in control of your life? Starting a business, and pivoting when you need to. Learn how successful entrepreneurs think.
Embrace Freedom: Celebrate Simplify Your Life Week and Break Free from the 9-5 Grind!
Celebrate National Simplify Your Life Week - I'm telling you how in terms of 9-5 escape!
How to Stay Focused and Motivated when Shiny Objects Appear: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs
How do you stay focused when shiny objects appear? Here are 5 tips for entrepreneurs!
Free At 50 Opinion: Bloggers have 3 Options on Dealing with AI
Bloggers have 3 options when it comes to AI. My Free At 50 opinion: Ignore it!
Free At 50 Blog's 2023 Summer Interview Series: Margaret Bourne Sets Goals and Does What She Loves
How do you become a successful entrepreneur? Set goals and do what you love like Margaret Bourne does.
Free at 50 Blog's 2023 Summer Interview Series: Lola Bailey Tells Her Story, It's Her Business
Lola went from the pharmaceutical industry to self-employed! She is a storyteller telling her story in this interview.
Free At 50 Blog's 2023 Summer Interview Series: Meredith is a Business Coach Leading by Example, Follow Her!
The 2023 Summer Interview Series on Free At 50 is here! Learn how successful entrepreneurs like Meredith Van Ness think!
Shift Your Mindset From All or Nothing Thinking: Free At 50's Review of the Eye-Opening Diamond Effect Podcast to Boost Your Business Now
Stop all-or-nothing thinking and move forward with growing your business!
Social Media Strategy: 3 Elements Identified by an Expert to Help Entrepreneurs
It's true. Social media is no longer an option for business. Create a social media strategy!
7 Simple Ways to Spring Clean Your Business: Priorities for an Entrepreneur.
Spring cleaning your business can be easy! Use these 7 tips, the Free At 50 priorities for entrepreneurs.
How to Turn Your Passion into a Business: A Guest Post on the Free At 50 Blog to Inspire Looking Within
How do you turn your passion into a business? Use tips from a blogger who has done it by looking within herself.
The Significance of Overcoming Obstacles in Shaping Your Next Chapter: A Guest Contribution to the Free at 50 Blog for Generation X
When you ditch corporate life to build your next chapter, overcoming obstacles is important for GenX.
What Resources Do Entrepreneurs Need? See 2022's Top 10 Articles on the Free At 50 Blog.
What do entrepreneurs need? See what the Free At 50 blog's readers have chosen as the top posts heading into 2023!
6 Secrets to Home Office Organization You Can Implement Today
Get 6 secrets for organizing your home office! Be productive and motivated in your space.
How to Find Free Resources for Your Business
Did you know there are free resources for your business? Use them. Start here.
Use Your Brain! Begin the Journey to Leaving 9-5 Life: Learn 3 Powerful Steps to Shift Your Mindset from a Certified Meditation Teacher
Your brain plays a role in leaving 9-5 life. Shift your mindset using these 3 powerful steps from a certified mediation teacher focused on mindfulness.
5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Start a Business to Escape the 9-5 Even if You Haven’t Decided on What Your Business Will Be.
5 things to make starting a business easy- do them right now and get started on escaping the 9-5.
3 Best Reasons Why You Need to Invest in Yourself if You Want to Escape the 9-5
Are you working on the 9-5 escape? Here are the 3 best reasons to invest in yourself.
How to Avoid Overwhelm and Burnout when Starting Your Business: The Best Tips for Solopreneurs and Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Solopreneurs: grab these tips! Avoid overwhelm and burnout when starting a business.
Why Podcasts are Important: The Free At 50 World Recommends the 11 Best Podcasts You Should Listen to Soon
Podcasts are important! See why and get 11 recommendations of what you should listen to from the Free At 50 world.
An Anatomy of a Checklist: Breaking Down Free At 50's 6-Step Checklist to Escape the 9-5 for your Success
Have you seen the 6-Step Checklist to Escape the 9-5 from blogger and corporate escapee Daphne Reznik?
Create Your Next Chapter Outside the 9-5: Building Your Confidence through Motivation from a Burnout Coach
Ready to create life outside the 9-5? Get motivation from a burnout coach and build your confidence to make it happen!
Do One Thing at a Time and Get Out of Your Head: Break the 9-5 Tradition That Multi-Tasking Is Best
Break the 9-5 tradition of multi-tasking! Doing one thing at a time is productive.
Goal: Semi-Retirement. The Free At 50 Blog Shares Tips from A-Z to Boost Productivity in Entrepreneurship so you can Ditch the 9-5.
What is productivity for entrepreneurs? This article breaks it down from A-Z and gets you inspired to be productive!
10 Tips to Overcome Self-doubt and Fear of Change: the Share to Inspire Blog Meets Free At 50
10 tips to overcome self-doubt and fear of change, because those are natural feelings! Embrace change and change your life.
3 Lessons for Entrepreneurs from the 18th Century about Mindset: Inspired During a Visit to the Art Museums of Williamsburg
Have you ever visited a museum and learned lessons for entrepreneurs? Corporate titles don't matter, you can use your skills your way.
Break Free: 4 Inspiring Quotes to Spark Your Journey Beyond the 9-5 Grind!
Need that bit of motivation to take the leap and ditch 9-5 life? Check out these 4 motivational quotes.
Key Steps to Building an Aligned and Profitable Business or Side Hustle without Confusion or Overwhelm, so that you can go from 9 to THRIVE!
Don't just go from employee to entrepreneur, go from 9-5 by building a profitable business or side hustle.
Feeling Overwhelmed as you Ditch Corporate Life? Use these 3 Powerful Tips for Handling Stress with an Entrepreneurs Mindset.
Feeling overwhelmed? Here are 3 tips for handling stress with an entrepreneurs mindset when ditching corporate life.
How to Pivot Successfully Without all the Guesswork: A Market Research Expert Shares Her Insight
Market Research expert Lindsay from the Forza Collective shares how market research can help entrepreneurs pivot successfully.
The Benefits of Taking Action: Tips for All Entrepreneurs and Aspiring Entrepreneurs to Stop Being Hesitant and Beat Discouragement While Improving your Well-Being
What are the benefits of taking action for entrepreneurs? From making progress towards goals to improving your well-being we have you covered.
Recommitment and Risks: A Different Kind of Mother's Day Post with Barbara Bush's Words as a Backdrop for Planning Life Beyond the 9-5
Living life Free At 50 and beyond the 9-5, this Mother's Day post about recommitment and risks is inspired by Barbara Bush's words.
Using Your Brain to Plan Effectively: An Expert Shares Neuroscience and Mental Health Awareness on the Free At 50 Blog
Carissa is a licensed therapist creating mental health awareness and sharing how to use your brain to plan effectively, accomplish tasks and increase productivity.
Visibility for Your Business: How to Get Your Name out There by Being Authentic
An expert in content marketing shares her insight on the Free At 50 blog, helping entrepreneurs become visible through authenticity.
Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Join Challenges when Ditching the 9-5 Life
Blogger Daphne Reznik shares the value of joining challenges when going from employee to entrepreneur.
5 Steps to Paint Your Path in Life: A Guest Post about Professional Freedom
Dr. Clarissa Castillo-Ramsey is coaching entrepreneurs and in this post, she shares insight on how to paint your path to professional freedom using mindset.
Why Digital Marketing is Important for Entrepreneurs: An Expert Shares the Secret to Standing Out Online with Unique Selling Propositions
A Digital Marketing expert explains the why behind unique selling propositions to help entrepreneurs tailor their message and grow their online business.
My Top 5 Entrepreneurship Tips to Keep you Motivated
Shea Hulse, entrepreneur and published author, shares her top 5 entrepreneurship tips.
Hey Entrepreneurs! A Digital Marketing Specialist Shares Her Secrets: Start your Social Media Marketing Strategy Now
Tracey Fletcher is a digital marketing specialist focused on helping entrepreneurs with their social media marketing strategy and shares expertise on the Free At 50 blog.
3 Powerful Ideas to Share Your Unique Offer: One Entrepreneur Hands Over Her Tips and Secrets for All of Us Turning Passion Into a Business
Katie is an entrepreneur sharing her tips and secrets about ditching the sales mindset. Goal: focus on shouting out your offer and your passion that you've turned into a business.
Free At 50 Interview: Blaire is Helping Entrepreneurs Get Noticed and Grow Online
Brand Strategist Blaire is using her corporate skills to help entrepreneurs get noticed online through consulting and online courses.
Free At 50 Interview: Meet the Pinterest Manager on the Path to Financial Freedom
Meet Brittany, a Pinterest Manager realizing her dream to ditch the 9-5 as she's on the path to financial freedom.
Guiding All Bloggers, Not Just New Ones: Dr. Lucrezia Iapichino Keeps it in the Family and Evolves Her Business to Help Grow Yours
Dr. Lucrezia Iapichino and her sister-in-law have built their blog and their business, supporting others with online courses and trainings.
4 Ways To Shift into an Entrepreneurial Mindset So You Can Escape The 9-5 Life and Own Your Time
Guest author and mindset mentor Chelsie of Chelsie in the World shares 4 ways to shift to an entrepreneurial mindset with the goal of escaping the 9-5.
Remembering Your Why: It’s the Secret to Stop Suffering Overwhelm and Get Back to the Cheesecake and Freedom Feeling.
Ease the overwhelm of going from employee to entrepreneur and get the cheesecake-and-freedom feeling of professional freedom.
9 Tips for Building a Brand Online: Marketing Advice for New Entrepreneurs Starting Branding from Scratch
Building a brand online and from scratch can be done by using these 9 tips.
Simplifying Social Media for Entrepreneurs: How to Ditch the Overwhelm of Posting Powerful Content
Are you a 9-5 escapee? If you're out of corporate, you might not have a marketing team on speed dial. We have you covered on simplifying social media for entrepreneurs.
Grow Your Business Online: Time to Celebrate July 13th, Embrace Your Geekness Day, with an Entrepreneur's Mindset
Being an entrepreneur who is growing your business online means celebrating July 13th as Embrace Your Geekness Day.
Being Encouraging Is About Being Inspired: I'm Still Learning My First Year Blogging
Being nominated for the annual Encouraging Blogger Award is an honor and this article shares many aspects of the why behind FreeAt50 and choosing to blog over 9-5 life.
What is Flow State? 3 Reasons You Need It as an Entrepreneur
Embracing flow is vital to being successful in your entrepreneurial journey.
How To Launch a Work From Home Business (A Beginners Guide to Getting Started)
Cyndi is a content strategist and owner of Ascent Storycraft sharing her story of pivoting professionally during the pandemic.
Free at 50 Interview: Meet the Geek in your Pocket and Learn about Becoming an Entrepreneur
Renee tells here story of ditching corporate life years ago to follow her passion and become the Geek in your Pocket.
Exploring Ella's Journey Beyond the 9-to-5 Paradigm
While in college, Ella decided the 9-5 life wasn't for her. Read how she is building an online business based on passion.
6 Steps to Achieving Financial Freedom and Ditch the 9-5
Learn from Erin Edwards of Level Up Personal Finance as she shares tips on attaining financial freedom and to escape the 9-5.
Talking Financial Freedom to Gain Professional Freedom Outside the 9-5: 5 Questions Answered
I asked 12 people I call experts 5 questions about gaining financial freedom as part of the path to professional freedom and here are their answers.
Free At 50 Interview: Paula Hickey on Escaping the 9-5
Paula is a self-described nerd who took her passion to create and design into a sustaining business the allowed her to escape 9-5 life.
Free Yourself to Do the Work You Love with a Strong Financial Footing
Michelle and I are GenXers who believe in having a strong financial footing so we can do the work we love.
The Value of Collaboration: Spreading the Word to Help Others Attain Professional Freedom
When you ditch the 9-5 and are building a business online, the value of collaboration: priceless.
10 Coaches Share the Value of Working with a Coach: Supporting the Escape of the 9-5
10 coaches shared insight into the value of hiring one to support your escape the 9-5!
Should you Hire a Coach to get Professional Freedom Escaping the 9-5? Yes and Do Discovery Calls First.
Booking a discovery call is important to find a coach that will benefit you and your goals. But what is a discovery call?
What is a Coach and Why is Investing in One a Vital Step to Escape the 9-5? Sharing the Free At 50 Experience.
Hiring a coach to assist you and guide you is vital on the journey out of corporate life.
Building Your Life Outside of Corporate: 6 Steps to Finding Your Passion.
Finding your passion to build a life outside of corporate.
HOW MY COVID LAYOFF WAS ACTUALLY A BLESSING: IT WAS THE 1ST STEP OF 6 IN ESCAPING THE 9-5
My Covid layoff was a blessing! And it was the first step of 6 for me in escaping the 9-5 to become Free At 50.
My Journey to Leaving the 9-5: Ditching Corporate Life to Build My Dreams
Stacie is about total transparency in her story about leaving the corporate world. Everything she encountered on her journey to leaving the 9-5 can be useful on your journey.
Building a Business Online And Moving Across the Country: 4 Ways to Ensure Productivity
Moving across the country is always a big deal. Doing it while building a business online makes it tougher so here are 4 ways to help.
Quitting the 9-5 Cold Turkey: For Anyone Seeking Signs to Quit Your Job and Become an Entrepreneur This Year
Marinella Yule quit the 9-5 cold turkey and her story is one you don't want to miss.
How to Quit Corporate Life: 10 People Who Left the 9-5
A roundup post showcasing stories of people who have successfully escaped the 9-5 or are working on it.
How to Organize Your Life: 5 Hacks from an Event Planner on the Free At 50 Blog to Become Location Independent
A professional event planner shares tips on organizing your life from setting up goals to writing everything down.
How to Create Cornerstone Content in a Blog Post
What is cornerstone content? It's an article that tells readers who you are, what you offer, and how they can benefit from your blog.
Unlocking the Secret Sauce: How to Turn Facebook Groups into Your Business's New Best Friend in 2025!
The value of Facebook for bloggers and business owners.
A Critical Evaluation of Groove: Essential Insights for Online Entrepreneurial Success
A product review of Groove: an all in one platform, can grow your business business online with hosting, video storage, email automation and more!
Taking the Leap on Linked In: My Gift to Myself
Changing your Linked In profile is taking a big leap! It's a gift to yourself if you've left the 9-5 and ditched corporate titles.
Unlock Your Productivity: Master Working From Home (or Anywhere!) with These Tips!
Tips and ideas from several bloggers on how to be productive as an online entrepreneur.
Can Blogging be an Income Generator? Yes: Blogger Anjali Kay of This Splendid Shambles Shares her Secrets of Monetizing.
Learn about the business Anjali has developed as a blogger and how her experience can inspire you to create your success.
How to Start a Blog--or Some Kind of Online Self Employment: Take Action!
Information and resources to ditch the 9-5 lifestyle and start a blog or other type of online self-employment.
Learning from Others: At Least 9 Resources for Online Entrepreneurs
Online entrepreneurship for me means learning from others. Here are 9 resources from the Free At 50 world.
Learning How to Make SEO Easy for Online Entrepreneurs: Don't Fear the Technology Necessary for your Online Business
SEO is a challenge for bloggers and other online entrepreneurs and this article discusses how to make it easier, including adding Groove to your toolkit.
Positivity Plus Motivation Equals Productivity: 5 Tips for Success
Get inspired to be productive. What is your motivation and how can you successfully train yourself for productivity.
Frazzled but Hopeful: Building My Toolkit
Something entrepreneurs need: a toolkit. I'm sharing how I'm building my toolkit of resources the Free At 50 way.
Budget Matters: Financial Freedom Leads to Professional Freedom, It's the 4-Hour Workweek Way!
Knowing your financial situation is vital to designing a life of professional freedom and being able to quit corporate life. It's the 4-Hour Workweek Way.
Own Your Time- Don't Manage It: 5 Tips on Shifting Your Mindset and Living Happily Ever After with Time Freedom
Owning your time instead of managing it. Go for a life where you can live the life you want.
Writer's Block Feels Real and Can Instill Fear in Every Blogger: You are not Alone, We all Get it
Writer's block can happen but there are ways to get out of it and to get inspired to write.
Not So Alone on the Island
Being an online business owner can seem lonely but there are many resources.
Lipstick On: New Life New Opportunities in a Year of Covid
Designing a lifestyle of professional freedom includes narrowing down what you will be creating as well as setting up the business legally and financially.
It's a Tentative Adventure: The New Free At 50 Blog and Traveling During Covid!
Taking a roadtrip during the pandemic and writing the blog along the way.