025 — Part One | When to Make the Jump to Full-Time Freelance

The Design Break

In today's episode of the Design Break Podcast, we're going to discuss when to make the jump to full-time freelance—the first part of a two-part mini-series on the subject. This first part discusses specifically how to plan your leap into full-time freelance.

There are six main things to consider and think through before you jump into full-time freelance and that you should work towards achieving before you do!
1) You'll Want to Create a Financial Buffer for yourself of between 3 to 6 months.

2) Create A Running List of Your Current and Past Clients, Friends & Former Co-Workers that you can nurture.

3) Make Sure That Your Portfolio & All Social Channels are Up-to-Date and Ready to Go.

4) Get Your Affairs in Order and Get All the Accounts and Legal Stuff Ready to Go.

5) Don't Leave Your day Job on Bad Terms.

6) Plan Your Date to Go Full-Time Freelance—and don't do it any sooner than that.

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