In a perfect world, a freelancer can earn as much as they want by simply serving skills and sending the invoice.
But this is not a perfect world.
When faced with that fact, that as a freelancer, you don’t have to ask a boss for a raise or work overtime to increase how much you make, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
Lets face it, it’s not as simple as that, and if it was, everyone would be a freelancer. It takes more than a vision board and a few goals written down to make money as a freelancer and hit those financial goals we set for ourselves to achieve.
We often plan our financial goals for best case scenario…
When we build our rates, our freelance lifestyle, or even our working hours, we build the plan for success banking on everything going our way.
But best case isn’t always reality. In fact, it’s often not the case at all.
Now while there’s nothing wrong with being hopeful, it can mean we don’t make a plan on how we are actually going to get there, we just rely on hope.
When planning our financial goals, having a big number and a whole year ahead of you can feel like climbing a set of stairs where you can’t see the top and you’re already exhausted.
You might be sitting there thinking…
Goal-setting is fine, but actually setting a process for this could…
… get laser focussed financially , knowing how much you need to feed your next months goal at a glance so you feel financially stable and on the right track.
… help you find those gaps and get creative in how you fill them, because you know what your time, energy, skill and value is.
… build confidence in saying no to the things that don’t feed future (successful) freelance you because you know what you need to succeed, and it’s not the crumbs they’re offering