Poll: Given recent world events, do you find yourself with more time on your hands?
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Mar 30, 2020

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 14:36
Member (2007)
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Not really Mar 30, 2020

I had a slow week this month, nothing out of the ordinary though, and then I got another e-course to translate and at the same time my longest-standing customer has been busier than usual. Anyway, I’m expecting some slowdown.

 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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No Mar 30, 2020

Less time but more soap!

 
Dan Lucas
Dan Lucas  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:36
Member (2014)
Japanese to English
Not really Mar 30, 2020

ProZ.com Staff wrote:
"...do you find yourself with more time on your hands?".

January was very slow, February better, March has been pretty busy.

Dan


neilmac
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 15:36
Member (2009)
English to German
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A bit Mar 30, 2020

Because several of my non-business appointments were cancelled I suddenly have more free time than expected. Time for the spring cleaning.

Yetta Jensen Bogarde
 
Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 15:36
Member
English to French
Not really Mar 30, 2020

Until tomorrow.
I may experience an sharp decrease in altitude from tomorrow. I'm bracing myself.

Philippe


 
Nina Khmielnitzky
Nina Khmielnitzky  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 10:36
Member (2004)
English to French
Not at all Mar 30, 2020

I have a surge of work and requests for more. Sleep is over-rated, right?

 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Netherlands
Local time: 15:36
Member (2016)
English to Dutch
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No ... Mar 30, 2020

... teaching takes quite a lot of time, and after the 'school' day I'm totally exhausted. So I worked two full days in the weekend, and will probably do hardly anything during the week, except for binge watching The Bridge in the evenings.

 
Kevin Fulton
Kevin Fulton  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 10:36
German to English
Busiest month so far this year Mar 30, 2020

Work has been steady for the past 6 weeks, and I've even had to turn down a few jobs from regular customers. Whether incoming jobs will remain at the same level is uncertain.

Dan Lucas
 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 15:36
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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Yes, a bit Mar 30, 2020

but I suspect worse is yet to come

Josephine Cassar
Philippe Etienne
 
Elizabeth Tamblin
Elizabeth Tamblin  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:36
French to English
Yes, a lot Mar 30, 2020

No work and just one walk outside a day. Struggling to find excuses not to write my novel now.

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 07:36
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Other Mar 30, 2020

I've had less work because most international organizations, my main clients, are shut down. On the other hand, I'm catching up on many long-standing projects and filling every minute of my day. I feel busier than usual.

 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 11:36
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Of course Mar 31, 2020

I'm fixing things at home, cooking, cleaning up, "inventing" stuff so that I don't waste all my time playing games or watching TV with all this extra spare time. Jobs are showing up sporadically, but with a much lower frequency/volume.

 
Egmont Schröder
Egmont Schröder  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 15:36
Member (2013)
Chinese to German
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Not really Mar 31, 2020

March was the busiest month 2020. Maybe it is because I am working in the medical field, which should not be influenced by these events.

 


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