How freelancers rest

The international freelance platform for specialists of language area 2Polyglot made a survey among freelancers and has defined how independent employees rest after their work is done.

Analysis of received data

The analysis of the freelance platform 2Polyglot was compiled on a base of about 200 respondents’ opinions from all over the world without suggested answers. It did not take into consideration sex, age, nationality, specialization or other characteristics. It should be mentioned that every respondent could name several variants.

As this survey has showed, most of freelancers relax after work going in for sports, travelling or having a walk outside alone or with pets. 15% respondents watch TV, movies, anime and listen to their favorite music having mixed it with taking a warm bath with aroma candles. Many independent specialists are creative people and they mostly play different musical instruments, sing and do handicraft. 10% freelancers prefer reading books, but mostly about their work. The same quantity of respondents have answered they do not rest at all either because of lack of free time or due to the fact they do not get tired. 7% freelancers communicate with friends or with their children and the same quantity of them just sleep. A little bit less independent workers like to eat chocolate or other sweets while drinking fresh tea or hot coffee and 5% prefer alcohol instead of tea coffee and sometimes even without sweets. 4% of freelancers pray, meditate or yoga. 3% play video or table games and the same quantity of them cook after work.

Average freelancer’s portrait

Alright, enough of statistics. Let’s try to draw a portrait of an average freelancer. According to this survey, an ordinary freelancer is a bit a fat and wise person wearing sportive shorts with red eyes because of lack of sleep (or too much of it), always active (due to hot drinks) and communicative musician with a sound system, a romantic being Eastern philosopher

Unusual answers

• I color coloring books;
• Shopping;
• Squeezing other people’s big earlobes;
• Trying to keep out of a laptop;
• I don’t read anything in other language (translator’s answer);
• Making manicure before large amount of work;
• Cooling my head in a freezer;
• Only my fingers rest.

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