This month, I am celebrating 10 years of full-time freelancing! I can’t quite believe it’s been that long, but I’ve loved nearly everything about it. 10 years of freedom! 

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

• What the freedom of freelancing has meant to me and what it has allowed me to do.
• How I now realize I was never cut out for a desk job. 
• How I adapt my work schedule around my life schedule. 
• The freedom of not having to deal with the drama of a workplace!
• At least three lessons I learned as a freelancer. 
• A few things I wished I had done sooner as a freelancer. 

Biz Bite: Make it easy for clients to find you!

The Bookshelf: “Lone Women” by Victor LaValle

Resources:

• Support Deliberate Freelancer at Buy Me a Coffee
• Episode #1 of Deliberate Freelancer: Change Your Mindset: You Own a Freelance Business
• Episode #29 of Deliberate Freelancer: 3 Big Financial Changes I Made This Week
• Episode #18 of Deliberate Freelancer: How to Set Higher Rates
• Episode #9 of Deliberate Freelancer: The Money Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way
• Connect with Melanie on Threads @MelEdits_DC
• Connect with Melanie on LinkedIn
• Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group
• Melanie’s other podcast, Association Station