There will be feast and there will be famine A freelancers income isn't usually as steady or stable in the beginning as a monthly salary can be, and being okay with both the feast and famine stages is a must. Some months may be fantastic - all your clients pay on time, you're booked up full with new work, and you make more in one month than you do sometimes in three. But then there are those quiet months, where work seems to dry up, or you're chasing clients for payment, and you panic a little inside that you won't pull together enough to pay this months bills. The best way to deal with this is to save, save, save - when money is good, remember that there will be some quiet months so stick to your usual budget and save any extra in advance for those quieter periods. The financial ups and downs of working for yourself comes with the territory, and the best thing we can do is be responsible with our finances along the way. 

Being a 20-something is both an awesome and scary time - we have our whole lives ahead of us and so many adventures still to come, yet we all feel this crazy pressure to have everything figured out and be on the path to success right away. For any fellow 20-somethings, I wanted to share some of my favourite posts I've read that share advice, words of wisdom, and remind us that were not alone when it comes to trying to find our way in life...

Something a lot of people online seem to be obsessed with is blog growth and how to grow their traffic and audience. For me, the growth I've always been interested in is the connections I'm building with likeminded people and creatives, and the personal growth I've found since starting up this little blog back in 2013. Of course growth in numbers and statistics is something we all check from time to time - though I did share my thoughts on being more than just your traffic a few weeks back - and I've learned a few things along the way that guide me now in how I run this blog.

So as bloggers and creative entrepreneurs, I'm sure you're like me and have lots of new business and project ideas floating around your head on a regular basis. The hard thing is actually knowing what to do with those ideas and how to put them into action, and then eventually turn them into something super awesome that you can be proud of. 

These past few months I've had lots of ideas floating around, but it's only recently I've managed to sit myself down, focus myself, and start to put some of them into action. For anyone else wanting to turn their ideas into something awesome, I wanted to share some advice with you guys today for how to do just that.

November is finally here, which I'm super excited about as there are lots of things I'm looking forward to this month. I'm having so much fun with this blog at the moment and I'm really enjoying the content I'm creating for this space, but I realised I haven't really shared anything about my life or things happening behind the scenes so I thought it was about time for a little update. 

Way back in June I wrote a piece all about Living At Home In Your 20s and I wanted to talk about it again today and share some advice for if you've found yourself living back in your childhood bedroom. I moved back home to my parents with Alex  a year ago now, and it's been quite the learning curve ever since. If you've found yourself living at home again in your 20s, here's my best advice for making the most out of it:

I love blogging, I really do, but recently it has started to feel like it's taking up all of my time. I like to keep everything here up to a high standard, and I never want to churn out content I'm not happy with, but with ALO to run, freelance clients, and some behind the scenes projects I'm working on, I've found myself building a more streamlined blogging process so it no longer feels like it's eating up all of my time.

For anyone else who loves to blog but doesn't have unlimited hours in the day, I thought I'd share five steps I've found to really help keep things streamlined...

We all know those Pinterest perfect quotes about life, encouraging us to live in the moment and abandon all regrets. The thing is, some of the most overused sayings actually ring pretty true and if you can look past the cliche you may find some serious words of wisdom. 

So as an ode to those cliched quotes we love to pin to our inspiration boards, here are seven that I try and live by...

There's so much blogging advice out there these days that it's not hard to feel a little overwhelmed and confused as to which way to turn. Blogging as a creative industry is something I'm crazy passionate about and I'm forever reading the awesome advice my favourite content creators are sharing. If you're looking for some awesome blogging related content, I thought today I'd round up a few of my favourite posts...