Your whole argument has collapsed, so :( The original quote was that it was more than $20k a month. For a decade. You're missing $5k a month and again, that's without having any time to market, bill, do your taxes, etc.
I was replying to this: "my best months have been ~$18K". Sorry for trying to encourage someone. You're right that $20k minimum is a lot harder, at $100/hr probably impossible. But as a peak?
Last year January, July, October, and December all had 23 weekdays. $100/hr * 9 hr/day * 23 days/mo = $20700/mo. If you have no commute and maybe do a Saturday or two that's pretty doable. I wouldn't make it routine, but I've occasionally had months that busy.
Yes, not all hours are billable, but the non-billable stuff isn't that time consuming:
Marketing: Aren't most freelancers turning away work right now?
Billing: I push the "invoice" button and it's done. 1-2 hours a month.
Taxes: If you're working for yourself you shouldn't do your own taxes.
Anyway, I hope this is helpful to someone. Best of luck to you all.
I know you mention a Saturday, but if you can bill 9 productive hours a day, I take my hat off to you. I could in my early-mid 20's, I can't any longer.
> Marketing: Aren't most freelancers turning away work right now?
Not here in the UK, not the ones I know of (that is, the ones who don't have part-time speaking careers or get featured in magazines).
