Notes
Notes for freelancers, page 3
Short, practical guides to getting paid for your time. Every number and legal claim links to its source.
Eight weeks leftA week-by-week year-end plan: bill everything, invoice before the holidays, get taxes ready.
Side hustle to full-timeFour numbers to check before you quit: real rate, monthly costs, runway, and client risk.
Minimum project feeWhy small jobs cost more than they look, how to set your minimum, and how to word it.
Weekly client updatesWhat to send every Friday so the invoice is just the total of things the client already saw.
Freelance working hoursSet your hours, share them once, protect focus time, and see where the week really goes.
Saying no to clientsFour kinds of no (later, smaller, at my rate, not me) and the words for each.
Client red flagsWarning signs in a new client, the money ones to take seriously, and a polite test.
Estimate project timeBreak it down, use your own tracked history, add a buffer, and re-estimate as you go.
It started as one small changeHow to define scope, reply to change requests, and get the extras paid.Track it, prove it, get paid.
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