My earnings from the first quarter of 2025
Eek it's much harder to talk about money when you're doing well....
At the end of every year I publish my earnings, with a breakdown of where exactly my income is coming from (live illustration, brands, art sales etc). Whilst I’ll still do this, and it’s free for everyone to read, I’ve decided to report quarterly to my Substack paid subscribers. It’s a useful exercise for me, and if you’re also freelance I’d encourage you to start looking at your business in this way too as you’ll likely start noticing patterns that reoccur year on year. All figures below are from 1 Jan to 30 March 2025. It’s been the best start to a year I’ve ever had financially, I can’t quite believe it. I think it’s years of hard work paying off but a lot of it is luck too, I seem to be riding a wave.
I’m used to writing about how I’m just about managing to make ends meet and I feel comfortable with that. But now things are going well, well it feels lots harder to be open about it, especially as I know it’s a tough time for many. But I’m sharing because I think it’s useful for others to see, and I’ve included some tips too. AI isn’t gobbling up all of my work yet, no one seems to care that i’m approaching 50, I haven’t needed to get another job after all. Panic over, for now anyway……
