Tried full-time freelancing for 3 months and actually made less than my part-time gig

I quit my day job in February to go all-in on freelancing, expecting a big jump in income. After 3 months, my average monthly take-home was $2,100 compared to $2,800 from my old part-time schedule. Makes me wonder if slow growth is better than diving in headfirst, what's your take on scaling up gradually?

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william_craig78d ago

Man, you basically paid for a three month lesson in patience.

brooke4488d ago

Buddy of mine ordered a custom gaming chair from some small shop overseas. Took 14 weeks to show up, the box looked like it survived a hurricane, and the armrests were on backwards. He spent another three weekends trying to get the right bolts from a hardware store to fix it. By the time he actually sat in it for the first time, his old chair had completely fallen apart under him. Ever had a delivery where you were just waiting for the final punchline?

the_laura8d ago

The REAL punchline is his old chair KNEW when to quit. Like it held on just long enough out of spite, then gave up the second that replacement was technically usable. I've seen cars do the same thing, they wait for you to buy the part then blow a gasket the next day. That box looking beat to hell tells me the shipping company played soccer with it for three months too. At least he got a story out of it and a chair that's probably tougher than anything you'd buy at a big box store.