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September Freelance Income

I set a goal a few weeks ago of making $10K a month within one year. To clarify, that is one year from October, not September, since I set the goal toward the end of September. But, it’s kind of funny (well, ironic maybe?) that this month was my lowest freelance income month in a while (and by “a while,” I mean three years).

However, I am committed to being open and honest with my readers. In a way, it’s good that I’m basically starting from nothing, as hopefully I can encourage those of you who also don’t have a huge clientele that this can be done.

So, let’s take a look at my freelance income for September.

Tips for Brand New Freelancers

Are you ready to change your life? Freelancing and blogging have 100% changed mine, even though I do it on a part-time basis and make a part-time income. No, I’m not traveling to exotic locations every month, but my life is for-sure changed. My husband and I no longer stress at all about finances. We know if times ever got tough, we could both side hustle more and bring in more money. I sleep better at night, I’m able to spend more freely, and I’m a lot happier overall. Life is good 🙂

If you’re looking to make more money – whether a few extra hundred per month to take some stress off of your finances or an extra $10,000+ per month to be able to quit your full-time job – I’m here to tell you that I promise this is possible. But, you have to get started.

Here are my very best six tips for brand new freelancers.

10K per Month in One Year Challenge

Hi everyone! How is everyone’s week going? It’s Friday, so that’s a good sign 😉

My week has been great! A week full of work with a little bit of fun mixed in (a trip to The Fresh Market for pumpkins, fresh coffee and dessert!) – nothing better. Tomorrow I’m working from home and plan on relaxing this weekend with my family. My girls have been so tired all week after daycare, so I haven’t seen too much of them and I want to make up for it this weekend with lots of quality time. Cami, my 3-year-old, has actually been asking to “go rest” when she gets home from daycare, and she usually ends up falling asleep for the night 🙁 This is at roughly 6pm, by the way. (Perhaps this is why she wakes for the day at 5am, haha.)

Today I wanted to elaborate a little bit more on my “Life Update” post from earlier this week regarding my goal of increasing my freelancing and blogging income to $10K a month within one year.

August Freelance Income

Hi everyone! Ok, I realize it’s been forever since I’ve posted. (Side note: I just re-read July’s Income Report and I started with the same sentence…) Life has been BuSy as can be, and I wouldn’t have it any other way!

The biggest news over here is that we bought a house! We are moving in this weekend and couldn’t be more excited. While we’ve had a great experience renting (our landlord is our real estate agent and she is awesome!), John and I just prefer to own. He likes to fix up houses and I really enjoy decorating, but I have a hard time doing that in a rental because I don’t want to buy stuff that I may not like in a different home. This is our “forever” home – we will be there at least for the next 20 years or so while we raise our kiddos, and honestly we wouldn’t mind living there for the rest of our lives! Of course, I know things can change that are out of our control (like a job transfer), but I hope to stay in that house long-term.

June Freelance Income

Hi everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July! I have to admit…this was our first Fourth of July spent away from family and it was the first holiday that I actually felt incredibly homesick. Of course, on Christmas and Thanksgiving I would have preferred to be with my family, but having the girls made it a bit easier. I’m not sure why I was so homesick over the weekend. Maybe because the Fourth is typically a “party” holiday meant to be spent with family and friends?

However, we ended up having a really great day BBQing outside in our cul de sac with our neighbors. The kids had water balloons and a slingshot so they were entertained for a good four hours. We missed the fireworks because our girls go to bed early, but we definitely heard them all night long. The ‘perks’ of living in the country!!

May Freelance Income

Welcome to my monthly income report where I share how much money I make online freelance writing and blogging. If you read last month’s report, you’ll see I took a huge jump in my income. I’m happy to report that May was almost as good as April. Unfortunately, I know for a fact June’s income will be less due to taking time off during May to travel.

April Freelance Income + Life Updates

Hi everyone! Welcome to my monthly income report where I publicly share how much money I earn online via freelance writing and blogging. I am happy to report that this month was my highest income month yet by a lot! Most of this work was completed in March, as I do typically get paid one month out. Either way, I am happy!!

Last month, I shared how I don’t worry too much about increasing my income at this point in my life. With my daughters being so young, they are my focus. They do go to daycare part time and are great nappers, so I do enjoy working during that time.

This month, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I earned.

How much money can you make freelancing?

That’s a question I hear all the time – whether being asked to me personally or being asked in general. Freelancing is a weird field. What I like most about it is you get out exactly what you put in. Prior to freelancing, one of my favorite jobs was waitressing at breakfast restaurant. I loved that I was in control of my income. The better server I was and the faster I could turn tables, the more money I made. Week after week the same three servers always made the most money. It wasn’t just luck – we put more work in and therefore got paid more.

How I made my first $100 blogging

After five months of blogging, I finally made my first $100! I’ve shared before how I didn’t start this blog strictly as a hobby, I started it because I eventually do want to generate an income from it. Some blogs make money right away, some blogs take years to start generating an income – mine seemed to take an average amount of time. My goal was to start making money within six months of starting my blog.

I started blogging at the very end of September 2014 and made my first $100 at the end of February 2015. That’s five full months of consistent posting, sharing, commenting, switching themes and the like for $100. If you’re looking to “get rich quick” from your blog, you’re in the wrong place. In order to make money blogging, you have to really love writing or else the fun factor is going to fizzle out and your blog most likely will, too.

So how did I make my first $100 blogging? It could not have been easier…

Book Review: How to Blog for Profit Without Selling Your Soul

I’ve spent the last week reading Ruth Soukup’s How to Blog for Profit Without Selling Your Soul (affiliate link). I probably could have read it in a day if it weren’t for the little ones, but her book is chock-full of information so I’m glad I read it in sections and had time to digest what I was learning.

For those of you who don’t know, Ruth blogs over at popular personal finance / family lifestyle blog Living Well Spending Less. She blogs on a variety of topics ranging from freezer cooking (something I’m hoping to get into in the coming weeks) to couponing to fun DIY projects you can do with the kids. Her blog is all-encompassing and she’s been at it since 2010, so she definitely knows a thing or two about blogging and how to profit from it.