The Freelance Episode

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

Skincare, Beauty, Society & Culture, Comedy, Advice, Books, Arts, Careers

4.9 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re talking about all things freelancing. We share when, why & how we made the decision to go freelance, what our work entails, and if we ever see ourselves going back to a full-time job. We also answer YOUR questions about freelance life including how much experience you need, how to find clients, and how we structure our schedules and stay motivated.

We also get into all the money stuff: from how to set and negotiate your rates, the good, the bad, and the ugly of payment timing, how we save for taxes, how we deal with health insurance, and what we’re doing for retirement planning.

Curious about Oliva’s Zero to Freelance Course and How to Pitch guide? Use code BADONPAPER for 60% off her offerings which you can learn more about here! (She’ll be shutting it down on October 1, 2022!)

Obsessions

Becca: Ceramic cosmetic scooper stick (here’s something similar on Amazon)

A bonus thing we discussed today was Bug Bite Thing

Everything we read this week!

Olivia: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

Becca: The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner

August’s Book Club Pick: You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akweake Emezi

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, welcome to Bataon Paper Podcast, I'm Olivia Mentor, and I'm Becca Freeman.
0:22.4	And today we are talking about all things freelancing.
0:26.0	Becca and I both freelance in different ways.
0:28.6	So we're going to answer all of your questions, everything you've wondered about what it is
0:33.9	we do, and it'll be good.
0:36.4	Yeah, I feel like this is one of my most frequently asked questions, kind of various facets of how
0:41.7	to go about freelancing, and so hopefully this will be a one stop shop to answer all of
0:46.7	your questions.
0:47.7	Absolutely.
0:48.7	Before we get into all of that, shall we do some highs and lows?
0:52.5	Let's.
0:53.5	Olivia, tell me you're high.
0:55.6	My high is that I had a really nice day yesterday with my friend, Kirsten, who was moving to
1:01.6	England.
1:02.9	So we had like a whole Philly day.
1:04.8	We went to Dim Sum Garden, which is my favorite place to get soup dumplings, and I haven't
1:09.9	been there in a very long time, so it was such a treat.
1:12.9	And then we went to the, I'm going to pronounce this incorrectly, but the modern museum,
1:18.7	or mooder museum, it's MUTTER, I don't know if you've heard of this Becca.
1:23.4	I haven't.
1:24.4	Okay, it's super creepy.
1:26.8	It's all about body parts.
	...

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