[jamil7]

I've freelanced full-time on and off for periods of a few years throughout my career, and completely agree. There's a misconception that it's in some way "flexible". When it comes to things like taking holiday, you kind of have to just take them when the opportunity arises. This has made coordinating time-off with my partner who works a full-time job pretty difficult, as often a particularly well-paid or high profile project will come in that's hard to turn down. I've also noticed, at least in Europe, that my workload picks up considerably in summer when you actually want to take a break. I'm going back to a full-time job later in the year and looking forward to having scheduled time off and having someone else paying my benefits and dealing with all the paperwork for me.