What the life of a 'full-time' freelancer *actually* looks like

So I originally set out to make this a ‘day in the life’ post, but then I realised how rarely any two days of mine are the same (spoiler: very rarely).

That’s not just because I’m a ‘full-time’ freelancer, though. It’s because my personality type is best suited to variety — ‘tis the spice of life, after all — and being a freelancer allows me to lean into that.

A few caveats before we get into it, if you’ll so indulge me….

1. You don’t need a personality type that thrives on variety to be a ‘successful’ freelancer. Stability and security might be the spice of your life (big slay), or you might need different flavours at different times (delish!) — and you can absolutely still thrive as a freelancer (I know many who have/do/will). That’s the beauty of self-employment, you get to set the whole thing up on your own sweet terms.

2. Not so much a caveat as a quick inverted comma-usage explainer, or two.

   1. I say ‘full time’ because I’ve been ~all in~ on freelancing for about five years now — and I rarely work more than 20-30 hours a week to hit my income goals (not a flex, just a fact).

      My words/ideas are my entire source of income. I don’t work part time in a corporate job or casually in a cafe — though those are absolutely excellent ways to fund or take the pressure off your business-building phase, if that’s where you’re at!

   2. I say ‘successful’ because success is totally subjective, and I delve more into that here (but open it in a diff window and read it after this… FOCUS IS A SUPERPOWER, WIELD IT).

Phew, now let’s get to the good stuff.

Rather than a ‘typical’ day (since there’s really no such thing), I’m going to break down this past week for you instead — and answer a few business q’s I was asked on this note yesterday (If you have any q’s of your own, drop ‘em in the comments on this post and I’ll make sure I get back to you. Scout’s honour, etc etc).