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Update on where I'm at with the freelance journey
Hey guys,
So the past weeks have not seen much developement, mostly research about various topics.
I've been looking at how freelancing works in Belgium (where I live). It's basically two choices:
- "Personne physique" (translates litteraly to "physical person") which is basically one person alone
- "Société/SRL" (translates to "company") which is a company, you become CEO in a way.
Both have their own requirements, and various advantages and drawbacks, mostly on the financial side. For my case, at this moment, I think going as "personne physique" would make more sense to begin with. It costs less overall to start and maintain (with no stable income), and there are structures and systems made to help new freelancers to get started. I signed up for an information meeting organised by one of these structures, which will take place on the 27th of May. It will be about what can I get access to, to get help and support when creating my business in Brussels. What are the financial helps I can have access to, etc... So this will be interesting
The good thing is, it is possible, if at one point the business flourishes and becomes very profitable, to "evolve" into an SRL, and so eventually create a whole studio for example, with the possibility to hire people. Because you can't hire people if you are a "personne physique" freelancer. You could ask another freelance and pay them, but not hire directly.
There are also ways to quickly take care of all the admin part of creating a business, through dedicated websites and structures, helping with the creation, registration, etc...
I've been gathering useful links to articles about various things, like pro bank accounts as well, to separate professional and personal accounts, and how to choose the best stuited, or all the legal and fiscal aspect of starting a business in Brussels and what should be expected.
So that's for the administrative part.
On top of that I started a Pinterest board, on which I gather some visual styles, color palettes, logos and overall ideas about how I'd like to present my futur website and brand. I already have something that I created with my animation mentor (I'm still part of a mentorship program focused on animation skills until end of June, and that was the first thing we worked on. Updates to CVs, cover letter, brand coherence across all of it. But I do not consider it final design. It's nice that I have something coherent now, but it will change again I'm pretty sure).
I wrote down some ideas about a studio name as well, but I don't think I'll be able to use it to begin with, if I don't start with a company.
And then, there is the actual animation part of it, which in my case would be learning Cavalry. I did a few tutorials already, to get familiar with it. This software seems very powerful. I need to keep looking for a nice and structured way to learn it efficiently.
So that's more or less where I'm at. It's been a bit slow recently, I have other things in paralell and I'm trying to balance it all. Not easy !
How about you all ?
(If you have any advice, insight, comment, anything, please share it ! Let's help each other grow )
Enjoy your week-end !
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Update on where I'm at with the freelance journey
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