How I quit my job to be full-time self-employed | Q&A

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Thanks for 14,000 subscribers! I'm so happy to have you all here. Y'all voted, and the winning topic for our Q&A today was SELF-EMPLOYMENT. Leave your questions for the next one in a comment!
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@TimbrrWolfe 3 года назад

When they're cute as h*ck /and/ successful? Iconic.

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

i'll cry, bitch

@TimbrrWolfe 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidderI'm not taking it back!

@rainydaypoetry6967 2 года назад

@@TimbrrWolfe wholesome

@christianvchacon 3 года назад

Getting off your phone is likely the best advice I've heard all year.

@KandiWethers 3 года назад

I really appreciate how much you genuinely want to help.

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

I love my pals 🥺🥺

@kateashton8904 3 года назад

Been thinking about quiting my day job for a while so that I can freelance as a video editor, maybe build a youtube platform, and even teach part-time. But of course, I've been too scared to do it. This was insanely helpful and inspiring. Thanks!

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Yes!! Oh my god, get it!

@carsonallen4719 3 года назад

Congrats. I remember the 10-15K days. I personally let every add roll all the way through, which is not something I do for most other channels. You have been an example to my 20 year old neice, proving she can make a go at full-time self-employment with her writing and editing skills. Plus, we love "Little Birds" and can't wait for the novel

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Thanks for being nice, and thanks for watching 😊

@billyalarie929 3 года назад

wow thats so crazy a 16 yr old being an icon and a hero to a 20 year old ^_^ (seriously hannah how do u stay looking so young. are you Elizabeth Báthory) (yes, i DID go to the wikipedia page specifically to get the proper grammar construction or wtf ever you call that, to get her last name correct)

@teresa3567 Год назад

I’m working on transitioning to being self employed because I’m overrun with graphic design work on the side of my boring, low paying office job! Thanks for sharing info about being a creative and self employed!

@roease6674 2 года назад

I honestly want to say this is very very motivational! I’m about to go into a creative writing degree and being an author is my dream so this kind of makes me feel better about my chances? Specially seeing the ways you make income :)))

@minalkhurshid5233 Год назад

Did you write your book?

@leiskuvaaelamaa5489 Год назад

Thank you for sharing all of this! Super inspirational

@dennischanay7781 2 года назад

Super happy I have found your channel.

@christianvchacon 3 года назад

Awesome advice as usual.

@steamstoveprincess8863 3 года назад

Love ur videos. They are the highlight of my week

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Thank you for watching 💜

@jennifermoss6882 4 месяца назад

I'm really enjoying your channel, thank you :)

@kaitlinnfruechte9022 Год назад

so excited that i found your channel. it's such a great tool, and i thoroughly enjoy you as a person--you give me so much writer's-dopamine. love having your content in my arsenal

@anna_and_ink 7 месяцев назад

I know this an old video but I really enjoyed this. I’m new to your channel and I’m so so glad I found you. I really want to get back into writing. Thank you for your tips and motivation. I hope you smashed the goals you had in this video ♥️

@marietta3277 3 года назад

This is super informative! Thanks for all the work you do trying to support the writing community. I've learned a lot from your channel and it's always so fun to watch :)

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! 😊

@hrb9679 3 года назад

Nutsy McNutterman. Woah! I think you might be onto something with the week thing. I've been trying to integrate writing in with everything else I am doing but it hasn't been going well at all. A mere hour or two a day isn't enough time for me to get into my writing and when I devote a day out of the week to it the universe almost always finds a way to steal that day from me. I remember a time when I was able to write a whole draft of a novel vs struggling to finish a short story and that was when I divided my time between weeks

@sandyedwards2681 Год назад

Love your perspective on TV (and everything) and very helpful to hear how you are diversifying income streams. I’m curious if this has changed over time.

@rueroxanne972 3 года назад

And you're pretty close to 15k already! See you then!

@kat_kami 3 года назад

You can do a vid with the team and discuss how each of you give insightful critique 😊

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

I'm planning on a video with one of them, for sure!

@rojzangana4474 3 года назад

Love your outfit💗

@jmlynne 3 года назад

I'm so tempted to sign up for the incubator (great idea btw!) as I'm planning on starting working on my novel this year. I'm hesitant because I'm from a non English speaking country in Europe and I haven't figured out what it would mean for someone like me to publish in English and worldwide instead of in my own country. I haven't seen any author on yt in a similar position. So I guess as much as I would like to participate, I wouldn't want to waste your time, if I turned out to be a hopeless case, you know 😅 Anyways, you're always a delight to watch and I look up to you so much 🥰

@r.brooks5287 7 месяцев назад

I hope you went ahead, your English is faultless.

@ashleyforshaw8449 3 года назад

loved this! this helped me a lot, so thank you! cannot WAIT for the incubator program! :D

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

I'm so excited!! (Also I'm keeping a short list of people to consider for the discounted first beta run of it, and I got my eye on you 👀)

@ashleyforshaw8449 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder oMG 🤩(emojis are failing to represent my excitement, but this will have to do hahaha) that's amazing, thank you!

@ashleyforshaw8449 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder also i'm trying out the list of assets now and it's making me realize i'm capable of more than 1 thing and also have or have had a lot of cool people/experiences in my life? 👌🏻

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

@@ashleyforshaw8449 dude, the power of a list? truly unmatched

@ashleyforshaw8449 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder lists are glorious

@jeffclifford6127 3 года назад

I was looking for ways to enhance my lackluster writing description and found your page. I appreciate that you use your channel to critique writing and teach at the same time. Thank you.

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Thanks for watching 😊

@jeffclifford6127 3 года назад

I picked up Little Birds. It is really good. I got the audible version.

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

@@jeffclifford6127 isn't Gretchen an amazing narrator? 🥰🥰

@christianvchacon 3 года назад

Your workshop service has been super helpful! I look forward to turning in the next draft! (It's been a minute, but I haven't ghosted, I swear.) Edit: It's partly because I've been busy with the group workshop, which has also been super helpful!

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Glad it's helpful!

@christianvchacon 3 года назад

Here is my question: What would you recommend posting on a newsletter and a website when starting out and still working on your craft?

@writeitdown2013 3 года назад

This is fantastic. I'm planning to quit my day job after Christmas to be self-employed. Your story is definitely inspirational and aspirational!

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Omg good luck!!

@june_joan Год назад

You better stop making quality content before I binge your entire channel.

@jeng9927 3 года назад

Do you use a social media suite to keep track of everything? And if so which one?

@ecyinka 3 года назад

you are all sorts of awesome to be able to pull this off as well as you do also could you link the skillshare InDesign class you took 🥺

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

@ecyinka 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder thnx

@jenelizabxth6961 3 года назад

hi thank u for answering my question i love u n miss u

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

I love u and miss u, come over why don't u

@jenelizabxth6961 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder omw🏃🏻‍♀️

@lilheartgirlthewattpader2945 Год назад

This is a good video ❤🎉

@WHATRadioNickSembrat Год назад

I agree with you that the whole hustle culture dynamic is super unhealthy. Leisure is very important.

@BeautifullyReckles 3 года назад

The first year I freelanced in entertainment I earned $9,000 gross. Congrats on buying a house!

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

omg twinsies. thanks!

@notanimposter 3 года назад

I watch bad movies with my friend often and so far I've only ever regretted watching one movie (The Room). There's (almost) always something to gain even from consuming literal garbage. Squirrel name idea: Nuts?

@Iwasonceanonionwithnolayers 3 года назад

I feel like Nutz is the obvious choice for the squirrel 🤷🏾‍♀️

@TimbrrWolfe 3 года назад

Re: the squirrel name On the one hand, I wanna suggest the more subtle "Abraham" for "father of many" or whatever that translates to But on the other hand he could be Testy Is it short for Testes/Testicles? Testosterone? Testing Hannah's patience? We just don't know

@GaviLazan 3 года назад

Big Nut Nutterson

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

TESTY IS SO GOOD WOW. the layers

@TimbrrWolfe 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder 😎👉👉

@7Write4This9Heart7 3 месяца назад

THANK YOU for saying you shouldn't be spending every second of every day hustling! People NEED to relax! They NEED to recuperate and have fun! Hustle culture is BS! And I love watching stuff and analyzing it and actively engaging with it! It's awesome! Glad I'm not alone in that! :D Your advice, espec about having savings and all, is really interesting and great! Thanks a lot! So glad you're so happy with all this (but don't know how you do it, seems like you do WAY too much to be able to do it all, LMAO)!

@HannahLeeKidder 3 месяца назад

The secret is I was still doing way too much! lmao. I'm even more pro Stop Hustling than I was when I made this video. 🥂

@7Write4This9Heart7 3 месяца назад

@@HannahLeeKidder Hahaha! Oh, wow, that's great! Love that! I'm so glad you're relaxing more (at least, I hope, you deserve it)!

@dehn6581 3 года назад

Just wanted to say, I think the denim shirt is cute

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

thx it was my grandma's 💜

@fauxheaux1648 2 года назад

Can you do a video on how you did your audio book?

@HannahLeeKidder 2 года назад

I just produced it with audible, which is super self-explanatory when you get into it. It would be an incredibly boring video, but I'm 100% sure there are at least five videos that already exist about it haha.

@Jen37978 3 года назад

Squirrel name - Hugo Nuts

@icreatedayoutubechannel 10 месяцев назад

Squirrel should be named "MAN Squirrel" or "The Gifted One" lol!

@FIqbal22 Год назад

Would u guide short story writing

@lillianinspace Год назад

I like how there’s just a punching bag casually in the background.

@jts841 2 года назад

Can I hire you to look at my book? I just finished it. I would love your honest opinion before I publish it. I can pay for your services. How should I proceed?

@t0dd000 Год назад

Self-employment taxes are your social security and Medicare. Employer pays half. Employee pays half. If you are self-employed, you are both. :)

@HannahLeeKidder Год назад

and u pay a tax for employing yourself, it's rly cool

@billyalarie929 3 года назад

not only do i now follow u on twitter, i HIT THE DENG B E L L HA! take that!

@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy 2 года назад

❤️ ❤️

@adityapanwar5988 2 года назад

Hello

@relationshiphaven 25 дней назад

Hi I have a question, if you took at the videos on my channel do you think it would be possible for you or your team to write stories regarding men getting revenge on cheating spouses? Let me know if interested and I can explain more details.

@gloriarussell882 3 года назад

You deserve six million dollars a minute

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Thanks for seeing me

@automategames 2 года назад

Everyone calls me XXL Wave master.

@caro9390 3 года назад

Random question, but are you in any way related to Alfred Vincent Kidder?

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Haha not to my knowledge. Is he from Louisiana?

@caro9390 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder Oh too bad, that would have been funny😅. I'm currently reading a book about american archeology and the name came up. He was an archeologist in the 20th century who explored the southwest of America

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Lmao I thought you were gonna be like "he's my cousin" My family is supposedly related to Jean Lafitte tho

@tetsubo57 3 года назад

Mr. Nuttington.

@micahklassen7151 3 года назад

Also if I see a single Novelpad comment,

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

They're coming

@annafirth6738 Год назад

Nutty the squirrel. Maybe?

@micahklassen7151 3 года назад

When will we get another plant tour everyone say it with me plant! tour! plant! tour!

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Patreon! U gotta vote in the polls! Plants are there every time lmao

@micahklassen7151 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder so my beef is with Mudgang then 🤬

@christianvchacon 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure Plant Tours get last place in every Patreon vote. They're just a lesser gold, that's all.

@LuckyGoulash 3 года назад

@@micahklassen7151 omg do we have beef? are we enemies?

@roguishgoodlooks 3 года назад

It's the cutie police! You're under arrest for looking cute 🔫😳 haha

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

🙆‍♀️

@marinagemoftheseas 3 года назад

Just name him Ballsack, you can't say it's not fitting.

@roguishgoodlooks 3 года назад

Mr. Tree Rodent With Giant Testicles is a lovely name but I also like Mr. Chunk-Nuts

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Another strong contender

@mekhipostell562 Год назад

What do you do for self-employment? As a writer?

@KailorAurelius 3 года назад

I heard there was a person on the other end of this, is that true? Herro? Herro??

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

The number you've called cannot be completed as dialed

@KailorAurelius 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder herrooo 😭 i just want some fries!

@GaviLazan 3 года назад

Every 5k, so the next is at 19k? Confusing. ☺

@TimbrrWolfe 3 года назад

Seems like there'll be one more at 15k and then every 5 after that

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

@@TimbrrWolfe nailed it

@GaviLazan 3 года назад

@@HannahLeeKidder I choose to stay confused, and then complain about it.

@sentjojo 3 года назад

Your website /store gives a 404 btw. I think you wanted to link /shop

@HannahLeeKidder 3 года назад

Oop haven't updated in a thousand years, good catch

@Beci1509 3 года назад

Squirrel name obviously has to be a nut pun both due to the fact he is s squirrel, and that he has big nuts.

@Beci1509 3 года назад

Okay he's called Coco, after Coco de mer the largest heaviest nut.

@suijin25 3 года назад

I've stopped and started trying to be self-employed for almost a decade. I exist as nothing but a mountain of failure.

@suijin25 3 года назад

@@namowadriver9539 I appreciate the attempt to paint on a silver lining. But there isn't any here. Over the last ten years I was blacklisted from my profession, suffered a stroke, had a family member steal $40,000 from me, the rest of my family written me off as a failure, I'm being sued by my last employer because they want their unemployment money back, I'm losing my home in a few months. I have absolutely nothing, and no one.😔