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I wish I'd known ...

Things freelancers wish they'd known before they started freelancing.

Broken laptop
The importance of backups
Keeping your files safe is critical - loss of data can be catastrophic, so putting backups in place is non-optional to keep your business sustainable.
Image of a man cutting slices of pizza
I'd need to put money aside for taxes and national insurance
Top 20 ranked "I wish I knew", many new freelancers don't proactively know much to put aside for tax and national insurance.
A man is surprised by a letter
about payment on account
Payment on account surprises many freelancers, and it can be a painful cost you weren't expecting.
Taking a holiday
that you'll never truly have a day off
It can be incredibly easy to feel like you have to work all the time, or taking holidays is hard - but with some structure, it doesn't have to the be the case.
People chatting over coffee
that fellow freelancers aren't competitors
Building communities of support with fellow freelancers has more benefits than drawbacks.