How to make freelancing (or your side hustle) work for you

How You Spend Your Days

English - July 31, 2019 18:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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Ep34: This week we get very tactical and jump into how to make the numbers work around freelancing or being an independent worker. Come up with a number Align your expectations Timebox your work Reduce and automate the meta work Track Your Time Automate Invoicing, Proposals, and Contracts Automate Withholding Taxes & Retirement “Work expandsRead more

Ep34: This week we get very tactical and jump into how to make the numbers work around freelancing or being an independent worker.

Come up with a number
Align your expectations
Timebox your work
Reduce and automate the meta work

Track Your Time
Automate Invoicing, Proposals, and Contracts
Automate Withholding Taxes & Retirement

“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” – Parkinson’s Law

Tools to automate your freelancing or side hustle

Harvest – time tracking, invoicing
Bonsai – time tracking, invoices, proposals and contracts (what I like to use)
Timeular – time tracking (what I like to use)
Freshbooks – invoicing
Use Catch.co to automate tax savings and retirement (referral link)
Set up a retirement account with your preferred institution

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