Sunday 11th April 2021
I have often moaned on the podcast that I no longer enjoy being a freelance software developer. On reflection recently, I felt this was unfair. I enjoy 80% of what I do, it was just the 20% of my work that was making me unhappy.
I decided that I was going to keep the freelancing clients that made me happy - keeping the clients that I liked working with and where I enjoyed the coding side of their projects. I decided I would stop working for any clients that either added stress, made me unhappy or the coding side just didn't bring me joy.
This resulted in me dropping around 20% of my current client base.
You wouldn't believe what happened. My productivity went through the roof, I started getting up earlier to start work and working later. I wasn't tired anymore and any ill feeling about Monday's went away very quickly. Because I was working more efficiently and turning around solutions for my existing clients, they sent me more work. Even though I had less clients, I was now busier than before.
Let's head over to the numbers for March:
Portfolio Summary (as at 31st March 2021) | |
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Opening Balance | €136,460.54 |
New Contributions | €4,000.00 |
Portfolio Capital Gain + Income | €3,611.70 |
Closing Balance | €144,072.24 |
Monthly Portfolio Growth Report | |
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Capital Gain + Dividend Income from Equities | €3,116.71 |
Real Estate Income | €76.34 |
Peer to Peer Lending Income | €4.99 |
Cryptocurrency Capital Gain | €413.66 |
Total Change | €3,611.70 |
The table below shows the breakdown of my portfolio into the various asset classes:
Portfolio Asset Breakdown (as at 31st March 2021) | ||
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Equities | €69,663.48 | 48.35% |
Real Estate | €64,366.39 | 44.68% |
Cryptocurrency | €1,909.34 | 1.33% |
Peer to Peer Lending | €1,280.30 | 0.89% |
Cash | €6,852.73 | 4.76% |
Total | €144,072.24 | 100.00% |
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