It’s the end of the year! On today’s show, I give a recap of my fourth quarter (hint: things are looking up!) and then a recap of my entire 2023.

What goals are you setting for yourself? Do you set an annual income goal or a word of the year? What are you most excited about for 2024 in your business? And what do you need to work on? Join me and fellow listeners in the Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group to share your plans and ideas with each other! 

This is the last business-focused episode of 2023. Next week will be my Top 10 books of the year for all you bookworms. I’ll also give a few superlative awards to books I read this year and list some fiction and business books coming out in 2024. 

Then, I’ll be on hiatus in January. I plan to return with new episodes in February. 

Here’s what I share with you in this episode:

• How much I earned in Q4
• My big win for Q4
• How many hours I worked each week on average in Q4
• How much I earned in 2023, compared to my goal
• The surprises I discovered when I evaluated who my clients were this year 
• My 2024 income goal 
• My 2024 word of the year 

Biz Bite: Plan now for future you

The Bookshelf: “No One Can Know” by Kate Alice Marshall

Resources:

• Support Deliberate Freelancer at Buy Me a Coffee
• NEW! “Alternative Language to Harmful Indemnification Clauses in Contracts” shared by Melanie 
• My admin status is back! Join us in the Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group
• Episode #174 of Deliberate Freelancer: Wrap Up Your Year with These 5 Questions
• Episode #173 of Deliberate Freelancer: How to Rethink — and Land More — Anchor Clients, with Wudan Yan
• Connect with Melanie on Threads @MelEdits_DC
• Connect with Melanie on LinkedIn