Why Just Aim When You Can Aim Big?

Helloooooooo!

and welcome to the last newsletter of 2024.

It has been a year!

Not gonna reflect again, my last 2 newsletters were exactly about it.

So we are gonna talk about 2025!

Starting with my over-ambitious goals right here!

✅ Post on LinkedIn every single day of 2025.
✅ Achieve a $5k month
✅ Travel a lot

Goal Number 1. Linkedin Posting.

I’ve already started posting daily since December 20th, and impressions have shot up from a few hundred to 22K+! 🎉

I have made a list of 60 topics already.

Depending on my experiences and learnings we will also have a lot of impromptu posts. 

Oh, and with three weddings lined up till April (including my sister’s!), it’s going to be busy. But I’ll push through.

• Schedule ahead

• Plan better

Goal Number 2. Make $5000 in 1 month.

In the last 8 months of freelancing, I have made around $5400.

I will do quality work and focus on international clients ONLY (preferably).

I will need to strategize better, even expand my services (maybe build a team?), and see how all of this unfolds.

But it will happen!

Break it down to months. Break that down into weeks. Break it further down to days. And finally, break it down to hours.

• Too harsh? Maybe.

• Is it needed? Absolutely.

Goal number 3. Travel a lot.

2 trips with family.
2 trips with friends.

Don’t have enough guts to travel alone (yet) but you never know.

This will keep me sane and motivated.

Because the money earned will be spent on travel, I’ll need to work more to travel more.

You get the idea.

Bonus: 
Goal Number 4. Read 30 books in 2025.

I wanted to get back to reading and since July I have been back. 2 books a month was doable in the last 3 months so I’ll not overdo myself here but keep it reasonable.

2.5 books a month!

I have been tracking this on Fable!

Other Quick Updates:
About work and the future of this newsletter.

Work:

I was working with four clients:

• Asked for a price increase with two. One said, “Let’s discuss on a call,” while the other hasn’t assigned any projects since (last week of November). I’m considering them gone.
  

• Another client prioritizes quantity over quality, so with low pay, I’m okay to let them go too.
  

• One client moved to an in-house writer due to budget constraints.

So now, I’m down to:

• 1 current client

• 1 in the pipeline

• Big ambitions for 2025!

  

As for the future of this newsletter, I’ll be sharing

• How I went from charging ₹1.5 per word to ₹6+

• How to build and maintain an updated portfolio

• Tips, tricks, hacks to become a better writer, a better freelancer

• Scaling your freelance journey and more!

These won’t be just theoretical preaching.

As before, I’ll be working towards my goals, learning from them, and sharing everything with you. 

The wins, and the fails, and every stumble, and smile.

We can do one-off posts or a quick P.S. about personal updates, but I realized that may not be as helpful for you, hence the pivot.

But the theme, the vibe, and the mutual growth will be there! 

Reply to this mail or comment below what / how you’d like to see the newsletter be helpful to you.

I’d be happy to bring the chances that you want to see!

Ending the year with nothing but gratitude for you. :)

Wishing you a successful, happy, and peaceful 2025.

See you next Friday!

Love,
Nikita