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$15,000 in 3 years is $400 a month. That's not a lot. I think at least a few things are going on:
1) Your clients are taking advantage of you. Start charging $50/hr for every hour you work for a client. Let them know that that is starting immediately. You will lose some clients. That's a good thing. You also need to make yourself worth $50/hr to a client. Honestly, you need to be charging $100 for every hour you work for a client, but $50 is a good start.
2) You have waaaay too much free time on your hands. Not sure what you should do about that? Maybe get a full time job, move out, and work on the business on the side?
3) Are you depressed? Pursuing entrepreneurship for 8 years with the results you've gotten would lead me to think you're depressed. If you have insurance, go get yourself checked out for depression. If not, at least take an online test to see what's up: Self tests
Thank you!
1) I do not charge per hour. I do web design and other marketing servies, and charge a flat fee (between $1K and 2K per project).
2) This is very true. I will definitely have to get a job, I'm already researching sales jobs in my area.
3) I don't think I have depression - most of the time I feel happy and grateful. I knew entrepreneurship would be a long journey, and didn't ever expect to make money fast. I do need to talk to a professional for other reasons though (for example my anxiety, which has prevented me from getting a job throughout those 8 years).
I get your point, but don't understand how a change in pricing would show in the real world. I have noone to tell my prices to. I find a client (on Facebook, not on freelancing sites), get on a call, find out his problems and then tell them the price. Since I charge a flat fee, I could simply increase my prices, but the projects I do are so few and far between, that it wouldn't really make a difference. I need to tap into a steady flow of new work, "official" freelancing might be a good way to achieve that.I vote for charging $50/hr and then figuring out how to deliver that value.
That sounds great, thank you. I will start doing that, maybe I will notice a pattern in my thinking. Also, I will be able to look at my thoughts 20 years from now, and see if I think any differentlyBasically note your thinking. Its different from journal b/c journal is log of things you did.
And notes are what you think.
Thank you! You are very right. I've been putting things off for so many years, it's crazy. I need to change my way of life, because I'm clearly not getting results the current way. It's so scary for me to actually start living, and not live the "entrepreneur in a basement" life, waiting for my big break, though! But the regrets I would have would definitely be way worse.2. Live in the NOW and don´t put off everything you want to do for later.
You can work out now. You can have friends now. You can have fun now. Just don´t go overboard(I think 80/20 is pretty good here, google counterbalance work-life)
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