I absolutely love sharing the ins and outs of being a freelancer / full-time blogger with you all. As you guys know, Matt is a full-time freelancer for the film union in NYC, and I am a full-time blogger, so YUP we both freelance. It sounds impossible, but we make it work (in the most crazy way possible) and aside from the uncertainty of our schedules week-to-week, one of the biggest fears that I think all freelancers face is gaps in pay, or slow seasons with work. Basically, when I send an invoice out for a completed job, I am usually not paid for said job until 30, 60 or 90 days later, which sounds crazy when my checks used to be deposited bi-weekly into my bank account back when I had a 9-5 job. The BEST preparation for this lifestyle is PLANNING AHEAD + USING THE SYSTEM TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.   We’ve always been big savers, so the planning ahead part was easy for us. We both have ROTH IRA’s that we max out every year, and we have a 529 account to save for Hudson’s college, but what we were lacking was learning the ins and outs of how we … Continue reading Money Saving Hacks For Freelancers: Here’s What We Do!