10 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 7 Nov \ on: How much do you need to get by and how hard is it to hit the number? econ
the unpredictability of freelancing resonates, man. Clients suddenly drop off (the upside of that is, of course, that you can affect your income upward a lot compared to, say, a schoolteacher on a set wage without overtime).
Live in a pretty expensive place (and spend a little more than I need to on things I could live without). Just averaging my last 24 months I sum to €3,100. Should really sell some chairs, honestly.
I roughly hit that figure over time, but with some insane fluctuations (sometimes over by 100%, sometimes under by 50%), exactly as you mention, depending on clients coming/leaving and work I manage to get in.
is that 3k as a single guy? quite expensive, but you have some extra for treats and stacking, so not so bad.
as for the drop offers, yeah, although i tell you what pisses me off the most, the ones that give like no notice. had this happen just yesterday - I've in the hospital all week with my youngest daughter who has pneumonia, I'm still working every day, not skipping a beat, and a get an immediate termination notice out of the blue. it's like, FFS, couldn't you have given me a month's notice or something. how would these people feel if they showed up to work one day and were fired on the spot, fucking up their mortgage payments etc
to be honest, it's just a lack of human decency to treat a person like that, freelance or otherwise
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yeah. I didn't tell you were I live.
Without doxxing my location, numbeo tells me cost of living is about 130% higher than Sofia, Bulgaria. So the nominal number of euros mostly reflect that, I believe
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well as long as you're getting by and have some money left to save in btc, the future is bright i believe
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