I started freelancing on April 18th, 2024, the day I quit my job.

The next 12 days I spent on building my portfolio, optimizing my LinkedIn (started posting on LinkedIn), and updating my website.

Diksha shared this tweet the other day, and it got me calculating.

I was also planning for Q4 because one client reduced their workload (the extra work was always a temporary add-on), and another prospect told me she’ll return when she’s ready to commit to longer projects.

She didn’t negotiate at all, which I still can’t decide is a good thing or a bad thing, lol.

Anyway, here’s a look at how my quarters have shaped up from April ’24 to September ’25, where Q4 ’25 stands right now, and what I’m planning for the rest of it.

This quarter was all guesswork.

I tried multiple services — blogs, LinkedIn company pages, resumes, and even thought of creating video content (which drained me immediately).

I said yes to my friend’s agency because saying no still felt rude. And even though most things didn’t make sense, I kept posting on LinkedIn.

That one post that hit 3M impressions made me feel like maybe I was capable.

I learned quickly that I enjoy writing only when I’m not forcing myself. So I narrowed things down before I burned myself out.

The biggest realisation from this quarter was simple: trying everything is fine, but noticing what actually feels natural is what saves you from chaos later.

This is when freelancing stopped feeling like a random experiment.

I posted about blogs for 3 months straight and kept sharing my journey openly. I started a newsletter because LinkedIn felt too short for my thoughts.

I tracked my leads properly for the first time, experimented with pitches, and finally saw a pattern in what was working.

I also made my first 100k month, which felt huge at the time.