More than a year ago, I was talking with Jenny Blake about all things solopreneurial: leaving your company to work for yourself, how much money you have to make to feel secure, and figuring out how to structure your day when no one forces structure upon you. She said something that has stuck with me, […]
Last week I wrote a post that was a LONG time coming, about how much to charge for social media services. Yet while freelancers and consultants tend to agonize over our fees, that’s really not the most important piece of making a living on your own terms. The most important piece isn’t whether you charge […]
Self-employment — or freelancing or solopreneurship or consulting or whatever you want to call it — isn’t for everyone. But a new survey from Elance makes it look pretty darn appealing. The average freelancer expects to earn 43 percent MORE next year than they did this year, the survey shows. That’s huge compared to traditional […]
This photo from Escape the City is so worth sharing — and living by (via The Art of Non-Conformity). If you’re reading in RSS or email, you might need to enable images to see this.
Now that I’ve been running my own business for a year, an awesome reader requested a lessons-learned post. So here are 11 lessons I picked up during my first year of work freedom: 1. Who you work with has a huge effect on your happiness. And one of the best parts of working for yourself […]
You know I believe in finding a job you enjoy. That if you’re working a job you don’t enjoy, one that stresses you out or leaves you feeling unfulfilled, you should figure out how to make a living doing something else. But what if you don’t know what that something else is? What if you […]
A few nights ago I watched a new documentary, I’m Fine, Thanks, a film about complacency and expectations and living the American Dream — even if it’s not your dream. (I got an early download because I backed the project on Kickstarter, but the film will soon be available for purchase. In the meantime, you […]
One year ago today, I became my own boss. My transition from day job to entrepreneurship was scary, thrilling and challenging. When I quit my 9-to-5, I was worried about disappointing my boss and colleagues, stressed about bringing in enough money to live solely off my own business, and unsure how to structure days, weeks […]
When I decided to leave my day job and work on my business full time, one of the first things my dad-slash-financial-advisor helped me with was figuring out how much money I needed to earn — both to maintain my standard of living and to meet my life and financial goals. Because while there are […]
Most mornings I wake up and roll over to my computer, still in my pajamas. Within minutes I’m working on my projects: creating a new digital course or brainstorming ways to promote my newest guide or editing blog posts for client Brazen Careerist. I so love this work that I like to get started first […]