When you’re an employee, you get told your salary for the year and then you work out what you can spend that money on. When you’re a freelancer, you can work in reverse! What if you shook off that employee mindset, and planned out everything you want to do or buy in the next year… and then go and make that amount of money instead?!
We call this a life-first approach, and honestly, it just makes so much more sense than going blindly into business and then working out how much money you have left over or whether you can afford that holiday or not. Instead of buying a Primark bikini, you could buy a *fancy brand* bikini in black… AND ORANGE. Or every colour in the rainbow. If you can dream it, and have the ability to plan ahead, then life-first goal setting is for you!
Of course, it’s not just as easy as magicking up the extra money, so that’s what we’re diving into in today’s episode. Grab the notebook, pull up the spreadsheets – it’s time to plan how you want to make AND spend your money!
In this episode, we’re chatting about:
- Why we prefer a life-first approach to goal setting as a freelancer
- How you can actually get started with planning out your goals and everything you want to do or buy next year
- Considering what your business investments you might need to make in order to bring in more money
- Working out how you can get your business making more money without sacrificing your time (so you can not just afford that holiday, but be able to take the time off, too!)
Jump straight to it…
[00:35] What does life-first mean when it comes to goal setting?
[04:27] How to plan your goals with a life-first approach
[09:38] Thinking of what the business needs as well!
[13:13] Our attitude to spending money
[15:50] Working out the plan to make more money
