8 Useful Tips for Planning a Freelance Career

Critical tips for a successful freelance career.

I started freelancing about 25 years ago — first in book design and later as a magazine editor and now a writer. For most of those years, freelancing has been a full-time gig.

Over the years, I’ve picked up a few valuable things, and I’ve learned from some mistakes. There weren’t many resources for beginning freelancers when I started, so I had to learn most of this through trial and error.

Freelancing isn’t easy, but at the same time, it’s not all that difficult either if you’re patient and are willing to learn as you go. With the resources available today, starting or growing a freelance career has never been easier.

To add to those resources, I humbly offer eight pieces of advice that should help you nurture your freelance career:

Setting real, long-term goals early on can help form the foundation for your career. Be free to think big. Do you want a 6-figure freelance career in five years? That’s not unheard of. Do you want to write that novel within the next two years? Nothing is stopping you.

When you set a big goal, you can break it down into a series of smaller goals that serve as attainable and measurable milestones. By placing the bar high, you give yourself a target to feel motivated for, and by creating milestones, you have a roadmap to reach your goal.

Freelancing can be lonely. Depending on the kind of work you’re doing, it’s easy to become isolated and cut off from other people.

Try to avoid this. Join a local freelancers group if there’s one in your area. If you can’t find a group of like-minded folk in your geographical location, look for one online. Or check around for a local group involved with any of your personal interests or hobbies. It could be a chess club. It could be a group of outdoor enthusiasts.

Just try to hang out with other human beings from time to time, eh? We learn a lot from interacting with others, and while it may not be obvious, interacting with people will make you a stronger person and a…

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