After transitioning to freelance work, one of the biggest questions I faced is “How and when do I pay myself?” In the beginning, I was making meager amounts, and it seemed like a waste of time to try and withhold taxes and pay myself with $100 or less in my account. Not only did it feel like I wasn’t making enough …
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I love any reasons to celebrate. So today, we’re celebrating because this is officially the 100th post on this little blog! It feels like I’ve written way more than 100 posts since starting this back in the Spring. But at the same time, it feels like I was hitting the “publish” button for the first time yesterday. One thing I …
Month 8 Gig Status Overview Some links may be affiliate links. I may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these (at no cost to you). This post continues a series called “A Millennial’s Adventures in the Gig Economy”. You can reference the original post for this series here. Wow, November already! That …
When you see a great gig come on the job board, you pounce on it immediately, send off your proposal, and then….crickets. Not so much as an invite to interview. This has been happening for weeks. What’s going on? Why are other freelancers getting hired while you see no movement at all? Why am I not getting jobs on Upwork? …
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Month 7 Gig Status Overview It only took 7 months, but I feel like I’m finally in a place where I feel confident as a freelancer. It feels like I have enough regular clients to fill out my weekly work schedule, while still affording me flexibility and the other benefits I’ve wanted from this job. As is in my nature, …
When you work as an employee servicing customers at a traditional company, your boundaries are defined for you. You go to work at a certain time, you have a set number of hours to deliver responses to clients, and clients pay based on a contract that’s already established. But when you make the shift to doing freelance work, you now …
Month 6 Gig Status Overview Wow. I honestly cannot believe I’ve been at this gig economy thing for the last six months. As I’ve said many times in the past few months, this has been an incredibly rewarding yet humbling and challenging experience. I have developed a whole new level of respect for self-employed people. Even more respect for those …
I saw this question come up recently, and I have to admit it made me laugh. As someone who has been full-time freelancing for the past six months, I can definitively say that yes, freelancing is a real job. What do you mean by freelance? Let’s take a step back to explain what exactly a freelancer is and does. Freelance …
