How Hard Should Freelancing Be? - 053
Summary
TLDR本集中,主持人开场讨论了自由职业的魅力与挑战,特别强调了自由职业者面对的不确定性和风险容忍度。他们深入探讨了转向自由职业所需考虑的几个关键因素,如财务准备、市场需求和个人能力。通过分享个人经历和实际例子,他们讨论了自由职业的真实面貌,包括潜在的收入波动和工作不稳定性。此外,他们还讨论了如何有效地将自己的业务转化为可持续的职业道路,以及如何在自由职业生涯中保持积极的心态和健康的工作生活平衡。整个讨论不仅为想要进入自由职业领域的人提供了实用建议,也为那些正在考虑是否继续自由职业生涯的人提供了深刻的见解。
Takeaways
- 😊 自由职业既有自由,也有缺点。
- 😄 考虑财务缓冲、服务需求和学习经验,然后再全职自由职业。
- 😎 自由职业需要承受风险,管理压力和习惯于起起落落。
- 🤔 如果你对金钱和组织缺乏商业头脑,自由职业可能不适合你。
- 😢 如果财务状况不稳定,考虑兼职。
- 😞 如果你不喜欢管理和金钱,自由职业可能不适合你。
- 😕 向某人学习,他正在做你想做的工作。
- 😌 衡量风险容忍度,然后决定自由职业适不适合你。
- 😉 试图让你的公司成为你的客户。
- 🤩 制定五年计划,然后评估自由职业是否符合。
Outlines
😊 段落1: 开场白
泡水消遣,准备录制第53集播客,内容是自由职业相关的建议。
😃 段落2: 自由职业的定义
自由职业指的是人们通过提供服务获得收入,而不受特定公司的约束,有更大的时间和工作灵活性。
🤔 段落3: 自由职业的风险
自由职业存在较大的收入波动,需要有较高的风险承受能力和财务储备。
Mindmap
Keywords
💡自由职业
💡创意企业家
💡风险承受能力
💡自我怀疑
💡项目基础
💡营业额
💡合同
💡财务垫底
💡市场需求
💡自我管理
Highlights
自由职业者需要有足够的财务缓冲才能开始(大约6-8个月的开销)。
确保有人询问或需要你想提供的服务/产品。如果没有任何人问你,那么自由职业可能不适合你。
考虑你的风险承受能力。自由职业压力大、需求不稳定。
Transcripts
let me open my Topo Chico first ASMR
all right let me hold on we gotta put we
gotta put this into the glass bro yeah
put this into the glass
oh yeah
that's what I'm talking about I already
know Christine got that trendy glass off
an Instagram ad you already know all
right let's get this episode started
what are we talking about episode number
53
we're gonna talk about is freelancing
for you uh I think this is relevant to
anyone who is a creative entrepreneur
creative freelancer
um we're about to get into some
nitty-gritty details and talk about all
things Ed want to break it down some of
the topics that we're going to be
hitting on today yeah definitely I think
we're gonna be talking a few things like
Risk tolerance you know tips for
Freelancers because as the year starts
um it's already been starting but a lot
of people you could either already be
freelancing and I know that Paul and I
both uh because we've talked about this
off the mic you can feel some doubts
right every freelancer has those moments
where they're doubting okay is this
actually going to work is this actually
the thing that I should be doing and
then also if you're working a job right
now and you would like to freelance but
you're scared to because you're just
worried about all the things that might
be involved with it we're gonna go into
all those types of things in today's
episode so let's roll intro music and
get right into the conversation
foreign
[Music]
our intro music gets me every single
time yeah for real I don't know when
we're gonna switch it up but for now we
rocking with it yep uh here's the thing
when someone decides to take something
that they're passionate about
and they know that they can
provide a service this to another party
in order to produce income
I think freelancing is one of the topics
that comes to mind or words that comes
to mind uh when it comes to you know
exchanging your services for something
where you're not tied down to a specific
company a nine to five and you are
flexible you most likely have your own
business set up and you're able to work
with client on a monthly quarterly or
per project basis
um
and freelancing let's be honest that I
just put out a post today on my
freelancing doesn't mean free
um it's not a charity it's you're
running a business and I think as a
photographer and also someone who
dabbles a video
I am so glad that I signed up to be a
freelancer and I made that decision
because
I just feel like when I was working at
nine to five there was a ceiling that I
was hidden and the only way that I was
going to be able to break through that
was by almost redefining and creating my
own sort of nine to five if you will
um and starting my own business but I
would love to hear from you
you know when did you go freelance
um I know on previous episodes we talked
about just like how we became
and got influenced to be an entrepreneur
but
when do you feel like you were like oh
I'm gonna go freelance
because I know you you worked at a
company for some time like what does
that look like for sure I think we
should
um I agree with what you just said to
start the episode and kick it off I
think for the listeners who are coming
in who may be newer who have not been
listening to Mid combo for that long I
think we should give them a little Cliff
Notes on you and I how we started as
Freelancers like it could be short but I
think that would be helpful because
they're about to listen to us for
hopefully third the next 30 minutes and
they'll be like who are these guys to
give us advice on freelancing so for me
for me so this is a little cliff notes
in my story I went to school for digital
marketing and Entrepreneurship keep in
mind during this time I was working odd
jobs I've worked at Starbucks I've
worked at Nordstrom I used to work at
Zumiez for those of you who are in this
area who knows what Zoomies is yeah
um
interesting yeah a lot of different odd
jobs and then I thought I wanted to be a
social media manager so I kind of was
headed towards that route went to school
for digital marketing but basically long
story short I got a job at a startup
working as essentially the digital
marketing and content so I did that for
two years that's where I got a lot of my
business knowledge you know how to email
how to talk to ambassadors how to talk
to influencers how to facilitate
different campaigns all the deal the
thing is as Paul just mentioned if you
work a job I had a glass ceiling the
reason I'm grateful for that job like I
think I learned so much at that job met
amazing people great connections learned
a lot but the thing is about things
about glass ceiling is that you could
see through it and when I was there I
saw everything that was possible and I
just felt like I was being held back by
where I personally was not necessarily
in a negative way like not throw shade
at any of my past because it thought
shaped who I was but it was more of
knowing that I could do more which is
what led me into freelancing and so
everyone has a story it wasn't just like
one day I woke up and then I was like
you know what I'm going to freelance and
just sent it like it was definitely more
calculated than that which we'll get
into but Paul tell us a little bit about
how you started on this freelance
Journey like where how many years ago
are we talking and you know how did you
first break into the idea of going quote
unquote freelance yeah
I feel like for me it was graduating
from college and realizing that if I
ever wanted to do my own thing which for
some reason like even in college I'm
like I don't want to work for anyone I
want to do my own thing but I need money
so I worked at an agency for a year
while I was working at that agency I was
burning the midnight oil spending my
weekends building my portfolio for
you know eventually taking the leap to
full-time freelance
um
through that I guess sees in and through
that process
um I started to really better
understanding you know how I could
almost
become my own thing uh it's hard when
you have that Financial cushion and
you're getting a check every two weeks
they're going freelance and having
sporadic months where some months you're
making a thousand dollars some months
you're making zero some months you're
making ten grand
um so for me it's been a 10-year process
and I will say like it took me
probably three years in to really have a
good idea on how to build it in a way
that was sustainable and how to pursue
freelance in a sustainable matter and I
like to tie the word freelance with
freedom at times because I feel like
when you step into freelance you're
given a lot of freedom and flexibility
but that can be a benefit to your
business just as much as a detriment to
your business and I have found just as
I've grown and as I've matured as
someone who
I feel like has always had a love for
the business side of things
um at the end of the day I'm an
entrepreneur I'm a business owner and I
just happen to be a photographer and
that's kind of how I see my freelance
Journey
yeah
I think that's really good I love how
you just break down the word freelance
because it can really mean so many
different things to a wide range of
people
um one thing I would love to give you a
little push back on let me know what you
think about this so there's some free
there's Freedom there's freedom in
freelancing for sure I agree with you
but I think there's I'm going to mini
rant here I think there's like a
misconception misconception with
freelancing especially people who
haven't done it yet they automatically
think okay freelancing is my way to work
Less hours take it way more easy on
myself and somehow magically make a ton
more money
so that's like it's kind of what is sold
on social media on coaches gurus they're
always telling you like take advantage
of your own life and make a ton of money
and make your own schedule which there
are seeds of Truth and like all of those
however I think you know especially now
if your freelancer going trying to do
this for a living
you can't really have just that fairy
dust in your in your mind you you kind
of need some realities and you need to
understand that it's going to be a grind
you know there's always that saying
people will say you know you quit your
um you quit your what is it 24 what is
it called you quit your nine to five to
work 24 7. yep seriously yeah and I do I
really feel like it is that way
sometimes how has that been for you I
guess do you relate to that do you also
feel that there's a little bit of a
misconception with the sexiness of
freelancing so to speak
yo here's the deal
brilliancing isn't sexy
um but also working at an agency where
you're tied to a team that you didn't
get to choose and you're told that
you'll get a
five thousand dollar raise every five
years but based on your performance I
mean pros and cons to both but what I'll
say is
I've had Seasons where I kid you not
I worked so dang hard I was just talking
about this earlier I was burned out all
the time but my bank account looked nice
and I feel like as you grow any sort of
business and as you are you know trying
to figure out the type of clients you
want to work with and the type of
clients that you know you'll never want
to work with
um you start to as you grow you start to
figure out like what a healthy balance
is but I will say I've had Seasons where
I'm like
I am going to go on LinkedIn and find a
job ASAP but then I've had Seasons where
I'm like
dang I just got that fat check
yeah
it really is a roller coaster at times
but I think there's a lot of fall off
with um business owners and Freelancers
because of how hard it gets so I think
that really brings me to like the
question of
you know are you an entrepreneur
um are you built for the ups and the
Downs the roller coaster the risk
um because let's be honest it's not for
everybody I have friends that are
extremely extremely happy and content
with where they're at working at an
agency as an in-house photographer
for me nah I want to do my own thing and
also I'm not going to say it's always
been butterflies like you said
mm-hmm
I think uh
for I just want to make a point as well
that if you love your job and you're
getting paid well and you have a boss
like that's awesome I definitely don't
want to be I used to be more so like
truthfully speaking in the past I used
to be of the camp like everyone should
freelance it's so awesome like everyone
should go make their own money but as
I've been in my business now for going
on you know four or five years there is
there is definitely something to be said
about having a good paying job with
structure because then it creates
routine and all those kind of things so
I think
don't always be so quick to dismiss
people who have routine have a paycheck
like have have whatever and I'm just
speaking more generally
um to everyone who are listening because
you might be working a job right now but
to make this episode a little bit more
actionable maybe speaking directly to
the people who are listening let's speak
to two different groups okay let's start
with one
let's speak to people who maybe are
considering freelancing right they're
considering it they work a job right now
maybe it's part time maybe it's
full-time but they're not making the
type of money they want to be making
they have a passion for creating content
or something online or with client
facing uh work but they want to go
freelancing so let's talk about some of
the things they should be thinking about
or considering
before making the jump hmm that's so
good uh I think the first thing you
gotta consider
whatever your craft is or whatever
you're looking to do you have enough
financial cushion set aside to play with
I need to experiment with
um I gotta give puno some uh props let's
go she's amazing she's uh with I love
Kratos and she talks about she calls it
a slashy face but essentially it's like
having cushion uh Runway right Financial
runway in order to
pursue that freelance whatever you're
trying to do
um where you're not going to go broken
bankrupt so for me when I took that lead
I had a couple clients locked in on
retainer and I found myself getting a
few inquiries here and there so when I
took that leap I knew okay I got like
eight months of Runway so if this thing
flops for whatever reason
I'm gonna be Gucci for eight months I'll
find a different job so I think um
that's the first thing that comes to
mind how about you
yeah
um I think that's awesome just to build
off of that real quick before the second
one I just think that having runways
could look different for everyone as
well like some people might feel
comfortable to work in their Prime with
only six months of Runway some are like
run really lean they can run off three
months Runway you just have to decide
what do you feel comfortable with right
like how what makes you anxious when you
see a certain number hit when it hits
that certain number in your bank account
you're like oh crap I need to make more
money like what that number could be
different for everyone so figuring out
what that number is is crucial in
understanding like what your runaway is
because just because your friend or your
other freelancer friend says okay yeah I
have six months Runway but you you feel
more comfortable having like two years
of Runway that's okay like it's okay to
have different perspectives on how much
you know Runway you have or how much
Financial cushion because that is going
to dictate how locked in you could get
when you're freelancing because you're
going to make decisions based off of
those things I like that so yeah I think
it's a good point the second the second
thing for me that you should consider
when you're thinking about freelancing
is
our people
are do you have like people asking you
for
the service that you're about to be
freelancing for this is huge because
this is a very dead giveaway if you
should start freelancing what I'm about
to say if you work a job right now and
you have a side hustle let's say it's
photography videography graphic design
whatever it is your creative craft
you're doing it on the side kind of and
you start to get family friends or other
colleagues people went to school with
you start just they start to hit you up
and say hey how much do you charge for
this how much you charge for that you
start to get those types of messages in
your circle it's a good sign that you
are headed in the right direction to
freelance however if you're working a
job right now and you're like I would
love to be a photographer a videographer
but your inbox is dry like you don't
even have your aunt or Uncle hitting you
up being like hey let's let's do this
for our next family function can you
take photos first if you have nothing
like nobody is asking about this craft
of yours yeah it's going to be rough
waters for you when you go out
freelancing because you need some sort
of traction and you need to ride that
momentum when you start freelancing like
when you were in freelancing Paul like
did a lot of people you would get those
DMS you would get those text messages
maybe from old high school friends being
like yo I see you're doing photos like
can you help me do this right
yeah the demand has to be there but also
like it's one thing for someone to text
you and ask for some quick head shots
but then it's another thing to lock in
an actual contract even if it's like one
project but you're like no I have a
process I'm going to take 60 up front
pretty 40 after because you're able to
start project your cash flow where you
can never Bank on a DM or a text message
to turn into
um paid work unless there's the contract
involved and that's something that I
learned early on is I would like get
super excited about all these projects
that were coming in and then last minute
they would ghost me and um yeah I think
that's a huge aspect of like that leap
is making sure that again you have your
ducks in a row but also that there's a
demand for whatever service you're
providing
yeah so the demand for your service so
we've talked about demand for your
service and also Runway like Financial
cushion uh what's like a third thing
that we could think about if you're
looking to freelance so what is like one
more pillar that you should probably
check out before you put in your two
weeks or something to go do your own
thing
I think
maybe this isn't the last pillar but
it's just like an additional tip but
it's like uh Shadow or assist someone
that's in a position that you are trying
to become it uh so
I'll be honest like I worked at that
agency to learn and absorb as much as
possible I was in rooms that let's be
honest I didn't belong to be in but what
I did is I absorbed as much as I could I
was doing roles at that agency that did
they get me up in the morning were they
like making me super super excited to
like show up not really but I knew that
it was a part of the marathon not the
spread and um I think every single no
matter what your craft is or what you're
trying to do I think it's best to learn
from someone that's already done it and
that's an expert in it so that seems
like a no-brainer there's a reason why
when people go into dentist school that
they have to first start as like a
resident because they have to learn same
thing goes with like photography and
videography and like graphic design web
design whenever you're creative
freelance uh heart desires that's a big
one for me
that's awesome I think for me the last
one
to consider I this kind of ties in maybe
could go to our second category as well
but if you're working a job right now
you're looking to freelance
I'm a hot take this is a hot take kind
of but
if you're mentally weak you should in
freelance nope like I think that
in general with how plugged in we are
socially speaking nowadays especially uh
younger younger entrepreneurs or
creatives who want to run their own
thing there's just so much media there's
so many people crushing it there's so
many YouTubers coming up every single
day Tick Tock is going viral like if you
are mentally weaker like you know that
about yourself like you get anxious with
hard decisions more often you know when
when you when a client ghosts you you
know that puts you back like two days of
productivity for example because you're
just down on being ghosted like if
you're if you if I'm saying these things
then you're thinking dude that's me like
I feel very down when certain big
decisions happen
not that you can never start freelancing
I'm just saying that is really something
to consider like your tolerance to
stress I guess and your tolerance to
anxious situations because especially in
the first two years those come up
constantly like constantly like
comparison trap imposter syndrome you
know like anxious that clients are gonna
ghost you like all those things get
crazy crazy amped up from when you're
working your day job because it's all on
you now so assessing your tolerance for
I guess I guess you could call it stress
is such a huge Factor before you send it
and start freelancing because I have
friends who who try to go freelance or
are currently going through it and you
have to be good at managing that stress
because if you're not
it can really hinder your ability to
make great decisions to have a
successful business
that's good I think in addition to like
being tolerant of risk and like figuring
out where you're at and that I think you
also just got to weigh out the pros and
cons for your own personal uh
you know lifestyle I guess like for me
I have a kitten I have two kids and a
wife where like my wife doesn't work
right now so I knew years ago that
eventually I would need to
get health insurance for the family
uh how the heck am I going to pay for
health insurance for an entire family if
I don't have clients coming in so like
I'll be honest that's a make or break
for some Freelancers health insurance
yep it's expensive yo it's expensive but
like
depending on where you're at and how
you're able to like you know I whenever
I see a prom or whenever I see something
I'm like this sucks but guess what I got
to take care of it
um you know you figure out how to be
strategic you figure out how to get an
extra client
um and I think for me it's like you
gotta roll with the punches but also you
got to be willing to
um it's the I think it's the ones that
are able to really make it through like
the storms and
are able to like
be financially smart during that but
also know that work's not just going to
come to you it's going to take you
grinding and tapping into everything and
I think that's a huge one where it's
like
when we talk about risk
if you are like I have anxiety of even
thinking about having to pay myself
because I'm so used to getting a check
for my nine to five
um probably not a good fit for you
because I'll be honest there was months
where I have a pretty incredible risk
tolerance
there was months where I'm like I'm not
gonna pay myself
because I know that I need to keep money
in the business
um but I don't know I think that's just
like important to bring up and I'm glad
that you brought it up because most
people aren't willing to talk about it
yeah no I agree I think those are all
great tips a lot of those honestly cross
over into this next category of
listeners that we have most likely maybe
these are people who
um
are
are currently freelancing that it bought
are thinking about quitting freelancing
right or maybe they're thinking about uh
this is difficult this year like I don't
make enough money it's been a couple
months right uh
personally as Paul mentioned earlier in
the episode I didn't really feel comfort
in running my own business probably
until about year three or year four even
like up until more recently where I'm
like okay yo I could this is good this
is headed in a direction where I really
feel like this can be a big win for
myself for my future for my family Etc
however I didn't hit that until more
recently which is going on three four
five years and so for those who are
currently freelancing who are thinking
about you know just evaluating where
they're at with that let's go over some
tips that they should consider on if
they should stick it out or if they
should consider going back to a nine to
five because there's nothing bad about
going back to a nine to five but you
have to be smart about it so what are
some things that you should keep in mind
Paul if you're currently freelancing and
you're having some
sucking yeah sucking guesses on
freelancing I think if you've seen if
you have seen patterns in your business
of
Financial insecurity so again you're not
hitting where you want you've been doing
it for maybe a couple years and
like you have a family or you have
things that really require attention
from like a monetary perspective I think
then it might be a good time to start
looking at
grabbing an additional job there's
Freelancers that I've coached before
actually that on the weekends they do
like a waiter job and to be honest
they're like kind of nice like I enjoy
it other people
um so don't be embarrassed by you know
throwing in the towel and being like hey
I'm gonna do both but like
I'm probably not going to just solely
focus on my freelance stuff anymore
hey on an honestly kind of off topic you
know what I could see you doing on the
weekends Paul but
you'd be a great I feel like
I feel like you'd be a great bartender
bro tell me what says some cocktails we
would have some cocktails getting those
tips dude you would slay at that bro
here's the deal Sammy always laughs at
me when I bring this up to her and like
people that I know uh here in Miami but
I'm like you know what a job one job
that I would do if I wasn't doing what
I'm doing
I would be a waiter
I would and I honestly think within the
next couple years
um it would it would like fuel me like I
wouldn't do it for the money I would do
it for the enjoyment of like being
around the people and also just
I don't know I just love the idea of
I don't know it's like the same thing at
church I'm like the parking guy at
church like you would never think that
I've heard cars like a church
I agree though because I've thought so
my brother is a GM at a like a
restaurant at the airport and like hey
they sometimes are hiring for positions
and like recently they're like oh yeah
we're looking for a bartender and then
in my mind I'm like dude that kind of
sounds nice he can't tell me how much
they made and bartenders actually make a
lot of money and in my mind because this
is kind of going into our episode topic
because of the amount of things that I
have to think about as a freelancer to
run my business there's something very
appealing about clocking in somewhere
and pouring drinks and getting paid and
then walking out of the building like
that's awesome something something about
that concept is very appealing to me and
I think that this is I love that highs
and lows that every freelancer goes
through which is why it's important to
understand yeah where your financial
situation is as Paul was saying in this
first tip for those who are currently
freelancing you know what what are you
where are you at with your finances I
got another one that comes to mind and
then you can like tee up the last one
but uh
I say this but I mean it it's like you
might be super creative
but not business minded and when you
sign up to be a freelancer you're
signing up to have to do
the business admin tasks so if you hate
organization if you hate talking about
money
you hate Finance like all if you hate
all those things
probably you know you might run into a
wall with freelance and be like yo this
is
this is like not for me uh-huh and I'll
be honest there's a lot of I've had
conversations with a lot of friends over
the years that have tried taking the
leap and um
Kuno says it in one of her episodes
where it's like if your personal
financial situation will bleed into your
business
and I'm like
that's so true and that is one aspect of
my childhood that I'm really thankful
for thankful for actually is um my mom
and dad did a really good job at being
like safe first or invest first before
you spend it so for me
it's always been how I ran my business
um but again we all come from different
backgrounds we all approach money
differently I think that's a big one as
well
yeah yeah how you're yeah I think
sometimes it's tough because
where you are the family you're raised
in and geographically where you're born
I feel like a lot of people especially
in the entrepreneurial World everyone
can talk about being self-made and and
all this kind of stuff yeah don't get me
wrong like people are successful worked
hard but honestly like where you're born
in the family you're born into has such
a massive impact on the trajectory of
your success like you could be the most
hard-working person ever but if some
people honestly like just the cold hard
truth are just built with that better
better cards than others yeah and some
people just have to work harder to get
to certain points that's just the
reality of life I guess
um so just taking that to account you
know a lot of people say oh Ed you're in
Seattle do you feel like that has an
impact I'm like in the middle of nowhere
and I feel like I can't find clients and
honestly it's something that I don't
really think about as much because it is
I am in an area where people maybe the
average salary is a little bit higher
the average income for these businesses
are higher so maybe I can pull in more
money versus other parts of the country
or even other parts of the world Landing
a certain number like even five thousand
dollars for a client or a thousand
dollars could mean very different things
in different parts of the world so like
being aware of that is important
depending on if you're thinking about
quitting or freelancing and whatnot like
how far does your money go with where
you live
um so that's not really a tip that's
just more of a
at least that's important though it's
like I'm not gonna lie I've met
photographers in my hometown Minneapolis
that are trying to do high-end fashion
listen
Minneapolis is not New York
but also
any other Niche like if you're a food
photographer yo you can crush the
Minneapolis you can crush it anywhere
where like I do feel like like you're
saying there's specific locations where
you can be held like it will hold you
back and you might not be able to find
like success if you stay where you're at
um but I would say like it's a very
select
group of niches that kind of Falls
within that but I think it's good to
point out because
I've had conversations with
photographers where I'm like just want
to let you know you might be better off
like running in this Lane versus that
lane and then they test it out and
they're like wait
oh my gosh like I'm getting leads so
it's real yeah yeah for sure I think for
me the third uh and the final one for if
you're currently working
um
are currently freelancing and you're
thinking about potentially
not freelancy
Paul out here just doing a straight
of my
bro we're going for the ASMR thing I
thought
you should have done it closer to the
mic then I don't even know people would
hear that you have to hey bro you don't
know what I'm talking about during your
net shot next um Pitch meeting or
Discovery call but if you started doing
that in front of your client on like a
zoom call just like straight up
I said no I was gonna say if you missed
that real quick this will be on YouTube
so if you're only on audio right now go
to YouTube and you can go see what we
just talked about at this time and also
we've been watching that YouTube hard
now we are yo we got some housekeeping
updates at the end of the episode so
stay around for that
um the final tip that I just want to
share with someone who is currently
freelancing who's thinking about
potentially second guessing themselves
or they're not sure if they want to keep
doing it it's just understanding what
your Five-Year Plan is
um and this is something that Mrs morso
my
this is more of a personal
thing that I've been thinking about and
I'm just turning it into a tip at the
moment on the mic right now but this is
something that's been on my mind a lot
is when you talk about freelancing
versus nine to five right what is your
Five-Year Plan like where where do you
see yourself like at the company you're
currently at or maybe let's say of
course even broader than that like at
the role you're currently at let's say
your social media manager your digital
marketer maybe you're an accountant
whatever it is right do you see yourself
doing that in five years it right do you
see yourself doing that in five years
and if you're freelancing right now can
you see yourself doing this in five
years and does that make you excited
if the answer is like no
then you should probably start thinking
about pivoting like if you're
freelancing right now and you're like I
can actually see myself doing this in
five years and I just don't enjoy parts
of this process then you should really
consider about not never revisiting it
but you should maybe think about getting
a job to afford you some of those
cushions that you want and have get to
your Five-Year Plan quicker like for me
my five year plan right
I don't want to be doing only client
work in five years right I want to be
I want to be making money doing
Affiliates or doing YouTube videos I
want multiple streams of income and so
therefore
there's been days where I thought would
it be easier to build my YouTube channel
if I went and got a day job nine to five
and then build my youth Channel at night
that's what I mean when I say think
about what your five-year goals are I
mean I'm not gonna go do that on the mic
but I'm just saying figuring out and
really thinking of taking yourself out
of your current situation thinking about
where you want to be in five years can
be a very big indicator on whether or
not you should continue freelancing if
you're currently doing that right now
that's so good
no wow I like that you laid that out
because I think it gets like to the like
let's get real type of thing I I think
what's a hard response to that is like
uh I think most people that are at nine
to five jobs I mean if I'm wrong
uh probably haven't thought that far in
advance they're probably thinking about
their Christmas bonus can I get an amen
like you know what I mean they're
probably like yo if uh you know the
stock market does better and our
business actually gets more sales this
year quarter four I'm gonna get a fat
Christmas chat and like go on a trip
where
no like I think it is actually good to
even ask your boss like hey
um
you know five years from now I'd like to
be here is that even realistic and if
it's exactly that might be a good
indicator they have to find a new
company or you got to walk and do
freelance dude
like taking that to a micro level with
what the example you just gave like for
example
um when I was working my job
I was making so the first year I got my
job I was making 45k a year hey at my
last job right 45k a year then the next
year I got a raise and I was making 54k
a year right
the amount of work that I put in in
those year and a half two years I had to
be brutally honest with myself right
like when you're first starting out in
freelancing or in general or just in the
creative industry I think everyone's
goal everyone talks about making six
figures right so mentally speaking
everyone's trying to hit that hundred
thousand dollars a year which in 2023 I
don't think 100K even gets you as far as
people think it will but in general that
is like the Milestone that everyone
tries to reach right a hundred thousand
dollars So at the trajectory that I was
headed with this whole five-year thing
or the whole conversation talking about
if I was to hit a hundred thousand
dollars
as a salary
it would have taken a lot like if at the
pace that I was going it would have
taken years to get to that number doing
what I was doing
and so that's what I mean when I say
consider your Five-Year Plan because I
know that can be a little bit
overwhelming like you said Paul you
better get a point like a lot of people
don't even know what they're doing next
year or what their plans are for the
next month right sometimes it can be
super overwhelming but I mean more so
from a bird's eye perspective with the
money you're making how passionate you
are about what you're doing and then
aligning that with where you where your
end goal is just for five years not your
life well just for five years I like
that I'm about to drop a golden nugget
did you team me up for this hey drop
drop the Nuggets why are you holding it
out bro why are you holding out listen
listen if you're at a job and you're a
creative entrepreneur in-house
photographer videographer graphic
designer and um
Sammy and Myla
all right
if you are a creative
photographer videographer graphic
designer web designer and you're at a
company and your boss
can't tell you or you can't see where
you can potentially be in a couple years
and it's not a big enough raise or it's
not a big enough leap if you will
do this
figure out how to have your company that
you're working at your nine to five be
one of your clients as a freelancer so
instead of you getting benefits and like
instead of you getting a 401k match or
whatever
you're actually telling your job your
boss hey I'm looking to go freelance and
again you got to make sure that you're a
valuable asset where it's hard to
replace you and they also need to be on
the same page of you know continue to
work with you but you might find it more
beneficial to make more money by having
them be one of your freelance clients so
you can go out and work with other
clients and still get paid the bread
um that's something that I've touched on
before in previous coaching materials
and I think it
is interesting because especially when
the pandemic hit in 2020
freelance was a buzzword like everyone
was like how do you pivot to freelance
because
I don't know a lot of companies just
change the way that they approach what
they do but um
yeah dude that's I'm saying that's a
fire that's a fire tip to end end that
episode because we could rip on what
Paul just said probably for another 30
minutes but we won't but I agree with
you wholeheartedly that's actually what
I did at my last job as well which we
can dive into in another episode but yes
if you're currently working a job
or you're freelancing whatever the case
may be
we really hope that you found some
Clarity in this episode because we know
that with freelancing there's a lot of
unknown territory a lot of
um captions a lot of things you see on
social media me and Paul our objective
has always been on this podcast is to
share our experience share our tips no
strings attached like if you took
something away from it that's all we
want so yeah that's awesome what are
some updates Paul real quick I know
we're approaching uh 30 whatever minutes
here but I need so I feel like there's
some housekeeping updates we we should
man we got some stuff we're working on
me and Ed really value in-person
interaction when it comes to the podcast
I don't know I feel like ever since we
ever since I officially became a co-host
uh January 2022.
um hey we enjoyed the in-person stuff we
had Bradley on in person Corey Jenkins
we had my wife samuela we got a lot of
good persons and I
I think what gets me excited is we have
a lot of in-person episodes together
coming up that we're going to be doing
and then also we got some guests that
are in the pipeline
um some of my favorite creative
entrepreneurs that I've looked up to in
the space and uh Ed and I are going to
be getting them on the Pod we're going
to be getting into topics that I feel
like most freelance creatives and
entrepreneurs aren't willing to talk
about so I think that's the first thing
that comes to mind yeah
um and we we kind of uh talked about it
in this episode a little bit but we
referred we were kind of quoting someone
um puno she's a awesome creative she
runs I love creatives husband I think
isn't the host anymore but also as the
founder of girl boss radio and other
podcasts we're bringing it on soon as a
guest so a little teaser there and then
for everyone anyone who
um has been rolling with mid combo even
before Paul was here you would know that
one of our most listened episodes is how
to win the social media game with Ali
and Rashad and they're both killing it
Rashad recently moved to LA and he has
grown crazy amount since that last
episode and we're going to be having a
conversation with him as well in person
so just so many exciting things coming
up in the next month or two here for
midcombo and then we have a workshop
coming up as well in March that's Paul's
workshop for his program but I'll be
there as a guest speaker do you want to
talk about that for a little bit yeah
real quick if you're listening to this
there might be a few tickets left but um
March 11th is the workshop it's in Miami
it's a full day workshop last time I did
a workshop Ed was at it it was in New
York and
it was a half day it was cool it was on
pricing but like we're taking it up a
notch where I'm getting I'm flying in Ed
from Seattle to Miami getting the
students some shorts in a Hawaiian shirt
and we're about to be on a panel with uh
Danny who owns most Studio she's the
founder of most Studio here in Miami and
we're going to be breaking down create a
process
there's going to be Hands-On shooting
um if you're at a point in your business
where you're lacking structure and
you're trying to figure out how to
navigate this the freelance Journey
um and you're gonna walk away with some
nuggets from myself Ed and Danny and
also there's going to be Hands-On
shooting we officially locked in a
sponsor base travel
um it's owned by Shane Mitchell yo we
might have to let's just say there might
be some uh pickleball influence in that
uh shooting portion of the workshop so
let's go love to see you guys there if
you uh are listening to this after the
workshop or it's sold out let us know if
uh you know where you're located we'd
love to we've got a few different spots
in mind for where we want to travel to
this year to do some in-person guest
episodes and we might even uh throw in
some sort of Meetup or potentially live
podcast hat
let's go sweet man I think that's that's
uh that's all the housekeeping stuff and
then we'll leave every relevant link
down below if you guys want to check out
our YouTube channel we're posting on
there as well if you want to look at the
video format of this or you want to see
other previous episodes in a video
format but yeah cheers see you guys
later
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