What were the bloggers blogging about this week? Let’s take a snapshot with this selection of posts.

Chris Bibey gets asked fairly often by his readers how they can earn more money as freelancers. Chris says there are two solutions: increase your rates or take on more work. How’s that for a reality check?

Simon Mackie helps us determine the costs of co-working. For many people, using a co-working space sure beats the home office, but it can come at an added expense of $150 to $300 a month. Some places in the UK charge $51 for a desk per day!

Christine Syquia has a special article up on Entrepreneur’s Journey, giving some advice on how to choose a company name. It helps to have a little charm, but more importantly, it needs to be memorable. “A name should be different, yet familiar.”

Scott Young has noticed that, as a species, our “incubation period” is getting longer. It wasn’t that long ago that 15-year-old girls having children was the norm, but more and more people are staying in school for much longer these days. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Leo Babauta doesn’t necessarily want to be depicted as a Scrooge, but he does have some “Bah! Humbug!” moments in his post the case against buying Christmas presents. He brings up some very strong points, though, reminding us that it should be about quality time and not throwaway commercialism.