I write this on naff all sleep and I am probably going to put something on my freelance Instagram like I always do a bit later, but it was eight years and one day since I pushed live “If not now, when?“, which I shared to a few friends and socials from Frankfurt airport.
The day after was the first day of being a freelancer.
Despite recessions, COVID, the rise of AI, Brexit and god knows what else, I am still going. Dare I say this year is going….pretty well? Certainly better than last. Profit wise I am similar to two years ago – my best year – and I am far more diversified with clients today. Seems to me that people still want WordPress builds that rank and convert. But also people want entities they can trust. I have a blog post in my drafts about this that I need to finish off.
The fear doesn’t leave you. I even broke down last Thursday in a restaurant because I got into a weird catastrophe loop that I convinced myself I don’t know what I am doing (yes, even after doing this for 20 years) and eventually all my clients would leave, but they are still here. I am still here.
Anyway, I am busy enough with a few projects in the pipeline, meaning I have neglected this place a bit. Sorry. Will send photos of Italy when I am back (which you can see here).
You are braver than I!
I toyed with freelance web design/build about 15 years ago. I had done a few templates and things for friends/fellow bloggers. Nothing fancy but I enjoyed it, got good feedback and wondered if I could do it full time.
I chickened out. I’m now far too far removed from that world to even conceive of it again so well done you for both sticking it out, and for making it work. Fight the fear, you are doing it!