I love our family writing time! It's when we all sit together at the table and work on quiet literacy activities for 30 minutes. At the end, everyone has to completely clean up their mess. Then we take a few minutes to share. The kids and I put our heads together recently to develop a list of seasonal family writing time activities. Here are ten of the ones we've been using, or will use this fall. If you're looking for quiet activities to engage your kids while you work, give one of these ...
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October Income Report: 2016
Whew, October is now a memory and November is almost half over. It's definitely past time to get this October income report published! My goal while going to college is to make $1000-$1500 per month. But, I'm learning that there are always snafus in the life of a freelancer! For instance, I was expecting a $400 payment on October 30th. But, the company I wrote for didn't actually get those posts approved in time for the final October payout. So now that money will be deposited tomorrow ...
November 2016 Freelance Income Report
November ended on a solid note for my freelance writing and virtual assistant business! I knew it'd be a good month since part of the income I was counting on last month got bumped in payment to the middle of November. But it's always good when your income is more than you were planning on! Taking It Slow I've been taking it slow in my business this quarter so I could focus on my college courses. I'm excited to say that I turned in my last final paper this past Saturday, and I am done! Once my ...
December 2016 Freelance Income Report
Goodbye 2016, hello 2017! I think it'll take a while for me to get used to writing 2017, how about you? Anyways, a new month means it's time for another freelance income report. I share my numbers openly each month as a way of being transparent with my freelancing, and to hopefully encourage other busy mamas that you really can make money working from home on a part-time basis! If you remember, I've cut my hours way back in order to complete college courses this past quarter, and in ...
5 Freelancing Mistakes I Made Last Year (So You Don’t Have To)
Mistakes. Everyone makes them. Especially when trying something new, like starting a business. Today I wanted to share five of the freelancing mistakes I've made since launching my freelance writing and virtual assistance career. I'm hoping you can learn through my mistakes, so you don't have to make them! I'm also sharing what I've learned from each mistake. Because we really should look at these as learning opportunities, instead of continuing in a direction that isn't ...
My Best Freelance Tax Tips & Jan Income Report
It's Groundhog Dog! Which means it's February. Time for another freelance income report. But first, I want to share some tax tips for you since we just filed for 2106 and the process is still on my mind. Filing Freelance Taxes We filed using Turbo Tax Small Business, and after completing that process I realized I needed to tweak some of my processes. A Better Income Tracker I didn't really start officially tracking my expense categories until part way through last year. So as we were working ...