Suplement Your Income by Freelance Writing

I don’t know that I’ve ever met anyone who was fully content with their current wage. Be honest with yourself–you aren’t. Otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this. And quite frankly, neither am I.

That’s why I started freelance writing a few years back.

After thoroughly researching ways to generate additional income, and trying a few that didn’t turn out so hot (get paid to take surveys, anyone?), I finally came across the online writing world. It all started with SEO article writing.  After spitting out a few keyword centered articles, I just couldn’t believe I was getting paid REAL MONEY to write. Sure it was only a few bucks an article, but that few bucks each time was slowly but surely starting to fill up my PayPal account.

It sounded too good to be true, but it wasn’t.

In fact, after my first 6 months of writing, I put aside enough money to take my wife on one last trip before our baby was born (incidentally, I took here to this Texas Hill Country Bed and Breakfast. It was fabulous!).

All by supplementing my income with my new freelance writing career.

Although at that point, I didn’t really see it as a career. It was more of a side job. Something I enjoyed. Something to help me escape the reality of my day job. But shortly after, that mentality changed and I began seeing freelance writing as a legitimate career option.

But guess what? Here I am, 2-3 years later (I’ve lost count!) and I’m still working my day job. Saying I write part time is a bit of a stretch (I put in nearly as many hours writing as I do working my day job), but I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll ever go full time.

A few things to consider:

• By keeping my day job, I get a stable salary. No worries if a client fails to pay or even fires me.
• Insurance through my employer is waaaaaaaaaaaaay cheaper than if I had to get it on my own. And going uninsured isn’t even an option with my family.
• I’m doubling my income (almost). Could I make that much if I dropped the day job and went full time freelancing? Maybe…

Whether I end up saying bye-bye to the 9-5 or not, one thing is for certain: There is very real money to be made in freelance writing. No tricks. No schemes. Find the right clients and you’ll be supplementing your money in no time!