4 Hard Truths About Freelancing I Wish I Knew Earlier

From a freelancer making $1,850/month

Rachel Yerks
The Post-Grad Survival Guide
4 min readMar 18, 2021

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Smiling woman sitting in the middle of a walking street with her hands raised in the air in excitement. She has a laptop on her lap and is barefoot.
Photo: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels

Freelancing is often put on a pedestal, for good reason. It is a lovely adventure of making your own schedule, working when you want to, and not reporting to a traditional boss. You are the boss, but sometimes that’s worse.

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