Today, my first invoice as a freelance writer was paid. Whoopie!
I say "freelance writer" because what I do is technically writing but I think my actual title is "Consultant." I like to think I am a writer though!
My gorgeous friend and social media strategist extraordinaire, who also happens to be the person who gifted me Leonie Dawson (and her work book) has started her own digital media company. She came over for a wine one night and the convo went like this:
Her "I need freelance writers to create and post content."
Me (internally) "Pick me! Pick me!" (externally) "That's amazing that it's growing so fast."
Her "Would you be interested in that? I pay double what you make at the moment."
Me "Oh yeah, I mean it would be a dream come true, just casually."
We actually worked together in the past so the slide back into that collaboration was really simple. It's been a month now. No hiccups. She's the best boss in the world. Our work in progress meetings usually take place on a bed and involve wine or tea and biscuits and a pre-school aged child or a cat. Our emails are work queries sandwiched between chatter about sick kids, holidays and husbands. I really love this job. Thanks universe!
This fits in nicely with my other paid role and means I can have more income without paying for extra childcare as it's a work from home/café/hairdresser deal.
This is definitely the biggest tick so far from my list and probably the reason why I have not had time to blog this month!
