When I left my full-time job as a product marketer at a B2B SaaS company, I didn’t leave for more money. I left for the freedom to live a life on my terms.
Fast forward to April, the freedom was starting to dwindle.
I was constantly context switching between multiple Google Chrome profiles, email addresses, and Slack workspaces. All of my calendars were jumbled together, making it easy to miss meetings. I was working late multiple nights a week to get everything done and by the end of the day, my brain was fried.
While I said yes knowing it was going to be a busy few months, I knew this wasn’t sustainable.
If you looked at my revenue number for May, you’d think that everything was going well. But numbers just tell part of the story.
🎯 How I hit my first $20K month
There were three factors that contributed to a higher revenue month: