46. What 20+ Years of Freelancing and Life as a Single Mom Taught This Woman with Meg Stewart
August 8, 2022
Freelancing is one of the most popular professions in the world and has many benefits, such as flexibility, freedom, and control over your work schedule. Our guest, Meg Stewart, talks about her 20+ years of experience as a freelancer and how that gave her freedom to spend more time with her family. Not only was she able to quit her day job by setting up multiple income streams, she did so on a shoestring budget and teaches others to do the same!
Freelancing is one of the most popular professions in the world and has many benefits, such as flexibility, freedom, and control over your work schedule.
Our guest, Meg Stweart, talks about her 20+ years of experience as a freelancer and how that gave her freedom to spend more time with her family. Not only was she able to quit her day job by setting up multiple income streams, she did so on a shoestring budget and teaches others to do the same!
Listen as Meg shares her story of how she built her freelancing busy with the end result of flexibility, freedom, and control.
A few of the key points that are discussed include:
- [01:20] Meg’s journey into freelancing
- [05:43] Moving into business consulting
- [08:10] Benefits of freelancing compared to her 9-5 job
- [10:31] How she got started with teaching tech
- [12:32] The advantages of having multiple income streams
- [16:55] Her story of moving into a farm with her family
- [20:43] How she was freelancing as a single mom when her kids were young
- [23:39] The mistakes that many people make who are getting started in freelancing
- [27:34] The responsibility that comes with having the confidence and freedom of being an entrepreneur
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