Six years ago, Adriana Thani was a single mum working a full-time office job in public relations while juggling freelance side jobs to make ends meet. While working at her kitchen table one evening, Adriana’s eldest son said something that hit a nerve: “I like it when you do work on your laptop, Mum. It means that you can stay home.”
That’s when Adriana knew she needed to get to a point where she could work from home full time. “It took a few years but it finally happened a year-and-a-half ago and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to working full time away from home,” she says. “Freelancing has allowed me to put food on the table and say yes to eating out sometimes. It’s allowed me to maximise my work hours and avoid pointless commutes, meetings and other corporate nonsense. More importantly, it’s
