Alesha Dixon Quotes

I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.

I don't really have a 9-5, which I love, as every day is so different.

I wanted to figure out a way of living where I didn't have to be in an office every day.

I never felt like the nine to five mentality is for me.

I work when, and where I want to.

I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.

Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.

I am a freelance programmer so I am flexible about my working hours and have quite a lot of free time.

I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn’t go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom.

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I am a freelancer. My services are available to anyone at any time.

I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.

I don't work 9 to 5.

I think when I was on the corporate ladder, it was very difficult to maintain the hours. It's a little easier when you have you're an entrepreneur.

Writing is pretty flexible work, don't you think? If you want to surf, you just have to get a lot done when the waves are lousy. That's what I'm always telling myself, anyway - write while the surf's down!

I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always wanted to be my own boss.

One of the great perks of being a writer is that you can work when you're mentally capable of it, not when someone else thinks you should.

Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.

Being an entrepreneur does, of course, give you greater freedom than someone who is tied to a fixed work schedule, but you'd be mistaken to think that you're going to have it easier than your 9-5 counterparts.

To be honest, I have never had a 9-5 job where I worked for someone else.

Try life as your own boss, on your own voyage. No daily commute. No salad bar at 12:15. No cc'ing about the meeting.

I'm happy to have a job. I play a little, write a little, perform some. It's not like it's an engineered, well-manufactured plan or anything. I just do what I do.

Obviously the great thing about this job is the complete freedom of the schedule. So long as I meet the deadline, they don't care when I work or how I work.

I could do whatever I liked to do during the day. I didn't have to work in an office. I could work at home. I could work at my leisure. I worked 'til four in the morning. I worked with the TV and radio on - it was a great setup. I was a night person and still am.