Crying Over ClickUp by Robyn Henke
Pls, for the love of ClickUp, don't watch another irrelevant YouTube video. Learn from a real freelancer (hi, I'm Robyn) with real systems, real stories, and a sneaky ClickUp demo or two.
"hey chat, how do i make ClickUp better for freelancing?"
Freelancers in 2026: "AI is helping me setup ClickUp" I asked Gemini to make ClickUp work better for my freelancing business... Just for shits and gigs, yanno? Bc like all of you, I'm low-grade anxious about what AI will do to my career, so why not see what I'm up against? And it spit out a few solid suggestions. One or two that I actually teach myself. But it also told me to "create a client dashboard" ... which I know from experience isn't worth the time (they won't use it). It told me to...
client: can you do it? you: [insert confident answer]
So... it's already well into February. 😱 And maybe you haven't made any moves on ClickUp just yet. The year has probably already taken you into its grips. The same old feeling settling into your days. Anxious. Kind of annoyed. Still no proper handle on what you actually need to do. That pit in your stomach knowing you're being less effective than you know you can be. Less effective than you know you SHOULD be. It's an awful way to start the day. 🥲 👆🏻 Those are all real words from Greg, btw....
protect your time? hello *energized* version of you 👋
Back in my early freelancing days, a couple agency owners I worked for casually asked me: "How do you handle client scope, Robyn?" At that point, I didn't know anything. So my answer was very much: I DON'T KNOW, WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME. Insert extreme embarrassment. 😳😳😳 But I think that's the reality for a lot of freelancers. Either you're stuck in the cycle of working by the hour: trading time for money with no real visibility into what's actually profitable. Or worse, you're just assuming...
how much ClickUp support is enough?
To know me is to know that I am truly terrible at making purchase decisions. So much so, that I basically don't buy anything anymore. Just ask this stupid, totally impractical headband I got for washing my face. #influencersmademedoit So I thought it might be helpful to talk specifics on which offer is right for you... Go with the Focus Framework + Time is Money bundle ($249) if: you're a self-starter who will actually do the work you like learning at your own pace you want the full system:...
when will you get to your "own stuff"?
Reminder: client goals... they aren't your own I had a convo recently with another freelancer that was so validating. We were bonding over the fact that our priority isn't to make $239873534 dollars. We both put lifestyle as the top priority. That loving what we do and how we spend our days matters more than maxing out revenue. "I just wanna be happy," I said. "And say to myself 'I love my life.' Money has to follow that energy, right??" To which she said: "I think so. But only after you...
for all my "i need accountability" peeps
Maybe you wouldn't describe yourself as a DIY kinda freelancer, Reader. Maybe doing it yourself means never actually getting it done. I know you've thought A LOT about getting organized this year. But right about now, you JUST want something to change... and QUICK. And yet... you haven't taken the leap on Focus Framework, and I think that's because deep down, you know you won't be able to do it on your own. & that's more than fair. And it's exactly why I created the Focus Framework Intensive....
working a lot... and making peanuts? 🥜
Tracking time in a different tool than ClickUp? 😱 There's a single moment in my freelancing career that really stands out for me. And I think that's because I had no idea what I was doing to myself until it was too late. In my early freelancing days, I was working by the hour for a couple different agencies. But what I didn't realize was that freelancing for agencies isn't really freelancing... Like, it is, in the sense that I was an independent contractor. But it wasn't because it kept...
when you're sOoOo done starting from scratch
I've become kinda addicted to a very specific moment doing this whole ClickUp educator thing. & that's the moment when they finally see the potential. I can literally see it in their eyes as it's happening, when they actually get a real solution to their specific problem. By this point, they've been wading through hours of YouTube videos. Maybe even a ClickUp consult. Perhaps a new keen employee who claimed to "know ClickUp inside and out." And yet. Still fkn stuck. For those people, it's...
*snaps fingers* hating ClickUp ➡️ "how did I live without this"
Do you try hacking your own solution before jumping straight into buying something? First off, my kinda human. Let's be friends?? But also... without a doubt, the best Fresh Start offer for you is the Focus Framework + Time is Money bundle. Not interested in the Fresh Start sale? Click here and mom is the word. Why is the bundle best, you ask? Well, first, Focus Framework is legitimately the only REAL (not to mention quick) solution to managing multiple clients in ClickUp. You can set it up...
that 2026 goal? def *not* a single task
Your goals matter, too The most surreal part about this whole selling Focus Framework thing is that my Fresh Start sale... it's just another example of how well the system works. That the act of creating goals and staying focused on them means eventually you'll get there. I came up with the Fresh Start idea after I got back from playing songs for strangers on the VIA rail and I didn't know wtf to work on. I thought about what my goals were and what the next couple months looked like. I knew I...
Pls, for the love of ClickUp, don't watch another irrelevant YouTube video. Learn from a real freelancer (hi, I'm Robyn) with real systems, real stories, and a sneaky ClickUp demo or two.