Life As A Freelance Blogger

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As you all know, I quit my office job back in October and have not had a job since. Its been a long and winding road ever since then. When I first quit, I had a full-time blogging position with a company here in Phoenix. I got paid to write blog posts, market the blog, and do all the design work. This was a great step in the right direction because it gave me the income I needed to live off of and still let me work from home.

However, December brought a big problem. The company I was working for pretty much went broke and decided they did not want to pay me anymore. So a word of advice, always have something on the back burner because you never know when a job could end. Even one you might consider “steady.” I ended up living off my saving for the rest of the month and sold my car.

Once that happened, I was back to square one. Which basically meant I was living off the income of Life of Justin, which is still below my monthly expenses. So I had to figure out another way. I either had to get another job (which is not going to happen) or I had to find a way to generate some income.

Time To Do Freelance

This is when I decided to start selling my services. In the beginning of January, I started responding to ads all over Craigslist and eventually set up an Elance account. Before I knew it, I was getting a bunch of gigs that were paying anywhere from $100 to $900 depending on the project. Now I can safely say I made almost $2,000 dollars since then. Not to bad if I sat so myself.

For the time being, I am really happy with the way things are working out. The only downside is it can be extremely stressful at times because you never know when you will get paid. It isn’t as simple as expecting a paycheck every other Friday. So I need to start learning to keep more in savings since there is sometimes breaks between projects.

The good news is it gives you the freedom to be anywhere anytime. Sometimes I stay up until 4 am working on things and don’t get up until noon. Plus being able to go places like the coffee shop whenever you want is really satisfying.

The Road Looking Ahead

Now that I am making a living blogging and doing freelance projects, I really hope to focus more on these topics on my blog. As time moves on, you will start to see more and more posts about how I am making money online and what you can do to follow in my footsteps. I have received a lot of emails from various readers asking me questions about how I make money and I am ready to answer them.

So some big things are going to happen on Life of Justin in the near future. Expect 110% from me from now on and I am going to do my best to help all of you reach your goal of make a living online. Office jobs are a thing of the past….

Posted on: February 2nd, 2009

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