Tom is a man of many hats! He's a WordPress user, avid blogger, developer, editor for Envato, and much more. He also takes the approach that he'll scratch his own itch if he needs to. In this episode, we talk about how he tackles problems, why and how he built the plugin Page Template Dashboard, and his development tools. Show Notes<ul><li><a href="https://tommcfarlin.com/">Tom McFarlin</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/tommcfarlin">Tom on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-template-dashboard/">Page Template Dashboard</a></li><li><a href="https://tommcfarlin.com/wordpress-plugin-adoption/">Adopt a Plugin</a></li><li><a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards">WordPress Coding Standards</a></li><li><a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/how-to-use-subversion/">SVN</a></li><li><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/">Visual Studio Code</a></li><li>Git GUI: <a href="https://www.git-tower.com/mac/">Tower</a></li><li>SNV GUI: <a href="https://tortoisesvn.net/">TortoiseSVN</a>, <a href="http://versionsapp.com/">Versions</a></li><li><a href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/">Wordpress Stack Exchange</a></li></ul>Check out my new WordPress Theme Development course &amp; get 20% : <a href="https://buildpodcast.net/udemy">How to Build WordPress Themes</a>Sponsored by: <a href="https://buildpodcast.net/prospress">ProsPress</a> | <a href="https://buildpodcast.net/boldgrid">BoldGrid</a>

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Teaching Freelancers to Build a Better Business with Erin Flynn

Overwhelmed? Feel like your business can't run for a day without you? You're not alone.

When you're a solo business owner, everything ends up depending on you. You're the only one who can do the work, answer the email, keep the plates spinning. So you're on the hook every day: nights, weekends, even the vacations you do manage to take. The overwhelm never really lifts.

But being a solopreneur doesn't have to mean doing it all yourself. With the right systems, parts of your business can run without you. That's what gets you your time back, and gives you the freedom to take a real break. And the freedom to do the work you actually want instead of the work you feel stuck doing.

Joe Casabona learned this the hard way. He went from so overwhelmed he had a panic attack to taking 4–6 weeks off a year, worry-free, and he's helped hundreds of solopreneurs build systems that give them their time back.

Every week, one clear idea to help you get your time back without hiring a team...or selling your soul to AI. Start listening, then grab the free newsletter at https://streamlinedsolopreneur.com.