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What Making $2.8K In One Month Taught Me
The more you make, the crucial it becomes to think about your money.
$1,670 from Upwork.
$300 for cleaning with my mom.
$560 from Medium Partnership Program.
And $270 from other writing projects.
I don’t often talk about my earnings but my January was significant for me. I broke $2,800 in earnings. And that’s a big deal for me since by December, I was earning under half of that.
And from that realization, there has been so many things that I want to be sharing and talking about.
Because making a lot of money isn’t always what it pans out to be like.
There Is Relief And There Is Paranoia
Working as an entrepreneur has put things into perspective for me. But being a writer has amplified those perspectives further.
I and many others have said before that the entrepreneur's life is not as glamorous as it’s played up to be. There is constant pressure to continue putting out work and there are more people who are counting on you than if you’re working a day job.
But when you are working as a writer, I feel that there is more compared to others. Not only do…
