Freelance Finance

In an ideal world, I wouldn’t advise becoming a full-time freelancer until you are 30 or 35 years old. The longer you wait, the more contacts you will have, and the more money you’ll have saved up. And, if at all possible, I would not start as a full-time freelancer unless you had 6 to [...]

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Sounds like a big duh, but most independent workers don’t get into full-time freelancing for the money. They do it because they are following a dream, perhaps, or because they find the freedom exhilarating. But they QUIT because of the money, or, more precisely, the lack of it. (No self-employed person ever returned to a [...]

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So you want to be a freelancer. What kind do you want to be? Either you can have a steady job and freelance on the side, or you can be a full-time freelancer. Mire and I support ourselves entirely on freelancing. It is wonderful, inspiring, and challenging work, but it never fails to drive us [...]

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