January Freelance Income

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How is it already February?! Months just fly by in the blink of an eye and I wish time would slow down.

I’ve decided to share my freelancing and online income with readers to hopefully encourage others that it’s very possible to make a decent income online while staying home with your kids, living wherever you please or doing whatever it is you choose. Last year, I was sharing both mine and my husband’s income, but I’ve decided to only share my income moving forward. I’ll provide “business updates” once a quarter and update how the both of us our doing with our careers.

I’ve been freelancing three years this coming July and I’m almost certain I will never, ever return to a desk job again. My favorite job I’ve ever had was after college when I was a waitress at a breakfast restaurant. I loved it so much I stayed for three years before actually getting a job in finance (my major). I would honestly rather go back to that than get a desk job at this point in my life. When my kids are in school full-time, perhaps I’ll change my mind, but I highly doubt it. Working for yourself and from home has SO many benefits, including unlimited income potential, flexible schedule, being able to get household chores done, being able to run errands as you please, working as much or as little as you want and more.

So, onto my income for January…

January was the first month that I didn’t get a paycheck from my main freelancing gig that I lost back in November. We worked two months in advance, so even though I was done by the middle of November, I still got a check at the end of November and the end of December. That client accounted for a good 75% of my income, so I was terrified I wouldn’t be able to make that up.

Thankfully, I proved myself wrong and am making roughly the same that I was making when I worked for that client. My income for January was…drumroll….

January Freelance Income: $1,220

My ultimate goal is to bring in five figures a month in freelancing and blogging income. As of right now, all of my income is from freelance work. I’m working daily on monetizing my blog and growing my freelance clientele and hope to see my income go up from here. Now that my girls are in daycare part-time, I have a little more time to devote to my work. My income over the past three years that I’ve been freelancing has been anywhere from $300/month up to $2700/month. For the past six months or so, I’ve sat right around $1000-$1500. While I’m happy with this, I am striving to get this number higher and higher each month.

Previous income reports

October income
November income
December income (this was our highest month since moving to North Carolina and working for ourselves)

How did your January look? Did you meet your goals?!

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Mrs. Maroon says
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Nicely done. Scary to lose your primary client, but I’d say you’ve recovered well. I’ve definitely seen your name popping up in more places!
- Sarah Brooks says
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  Haha, thanks!! I’ve been trying to take on as much as I can now that the little ones are in daycare for a bit!
Emily @ Simple Cheap Mom says
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That’s a pretty awesome goal you’ve set for yourself! I’m excited to see you get there! My blog made double digits last month. That counts right?
- Sarah Brooks says
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  That totally counts!!! Great job!! My blog has been making a tad on Google Adsense…can’t wait to see money from my blog grow!!
Christina @ Embracing Simple says
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That’s such an awesome income, especially considering you lost 75% of your work initially coming in. I’d say you definitely recovered well from that, you should be proud of yourself! To make all of that up in a month’s time is quite incredible actually.
January was actually my highest income month by far since Little Miss was born (so in 7.5 months), and it felt damn good to be honest. I felt like I got my mojo and hustle back! 🙂
- Sarah Brooks says
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  Congrats on your income, too!! Are you going to be sharing your reports online?! It’s a fun way to stay motivated!!
  - Christina @ Embracing Simple says
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    Thanks Sarah! I might eventually do reports involving percentages. We’ll see if I get the courage up 🙂 In the meantime, I love reading yours!!
Holly@ClubThrifty says
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Great job! I started just like you – posting my monthly income as motivation. At a certain point, I had to quit posting my income because people started getting mad. I got really rude comments.
I hope you get to that point too- it is pretty bittersweet!
- Sarah Brooks says
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  Really?! Yikes!! People can be so mean!! 🙁 I was wondering why your income reports stopped actually. That’s a bummer rude people had to ruin it for the rest of us who use your high income as our own motivation haha!
Kristin says
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Yay, congrats for January! That’s so exciting! Good luck in February!
Elroy says
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Yeah, good luck. Jan looked like a good month!
No Nonsense Landlord says
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Great job so far. It all takes time. Remember this, anyone in the USA can be a millionaire of you put enough time and ambition into it.
dojo says
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That’s a really cool job, especially after losing so much of your initial business. I also ended a 3 year contract with a client, but was able to recover fast
Emma @ emmalincoln.com says
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Nicely done! Thanks for sharing 🙂
DC @ Young Adult Money says
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I’m typically not a fan of posts where people share their income, but I’m excited to hear about your progress. I only ask that when you feel comfortable that you split it out between freelance income and blog income – I’m always curious to know how full-time bloggers/freelancers make in those two categories. I lost my sole freelance writing job in January and I haven’t really pursued another client. That client was such a solid, consistent client (1-2 posts per week for nearly a year) that I find it difficult to find another website that will match them.