My online income increased by 24% in 2018. Thank you Loooord! Overall I earned around ₱117,000 which is something I’m extremely grateful for considering I’m not actively looking for opportunities and I only have one client giving me a steady flow of tasks hahaha.
As usual, let’s break it down!
On the average, I got around ₱9,700 per month. But it doesn’t really feel like it because I don’t withdraw money on a monthly basis. I receive payments on my local bank accounts and Paypal and I don’t consolidate them, so yeah the extra money I receive just goes to my allowance haha.
This year though, I want to try keeping my Paypal funds for as long as possible just to see it grow. I tend to withdraw as soon as it reaches 10k because we can already use that for a staycation or a date night hahaha but yeah, I want to be more mindful of where my money is going starting today lol. Uhh wish me luck.
My lowest month was in July. It’s not really a depressing month, it’s just a normal month for me hahaha. My highest was in April, and that can be explained. That was the time I offered a branding package to one of my clients, hence the spike.
In terms of work, my Writing gig still eats majority of the pie by 56.6%. I wrote 172 articles in 2018, that’s 294 so far (since 2017!). I don’t know how long they intend to keep me in their roster but well, I want to keep writing because this one’s stable haha.
On Blogging, I honestly wasn’t able to write that much valuable content in 2018. Of the 73 blog posts I published, 26 are sponsored (ie. articles that don’t rank but pay), and only 15 are actual personal reviews (ie. articles that matter), the rest are personal drama hahaha.
On Designing, nothing much. Just the usual… logos, invites, shirts, and some other layouts. Something new I learned – creating brand guides and simple graphic design animations. 🙂
There’s a part of me that wants to lay low on accepting work this year so I could rest more and enjoy doing nothing at home when I get back from work. But there are times I still get bored so why not use my free time to earn money lol.
So yeah, here’s to another productive year!
