To consider being employed AND self-employed?

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I am a self-employed copywriter on around £25,000 a year before tax. I have been out of university (first class languages degree, in case this affects your opinion) for a year, and I'm living with my parents paying a small amount of rent per month.

I'm very happy with the flexibility of freelancing, and the pay (for my age). However, I'm concerned the work is not stimulating enough (it's time-consuming but not difficult), and that I need to be progressing in a career. It is also obviously not secure, so sometimes I don't have work and just have to hope some more comes in that month (though I've so far made a decent amount each month).

I was considering finding a starting job around 20k that is linked to a career I would enjoy (if possible), and keeping my freelance job. I'd maybe work on it for an hour a day and earn enough to boost my income a little bit.

I'm conscious I'm new to the world of full-time work, so does this sound reasonable to you?

P.S. I feel very fortunate for the current flexibility I have, and the salary I am earning.

Yes did it for 5 years. Then part time employed and run two businesses self employed. It’s nice. Just when your about bored of one thing the other thing picks you up. You do need to be good at being assertive with boundary setting. Whether that’s your down time, client expectations for freelance or hours of work for employment.

Also need to be good at switching modes.

I do this. I work 3 days a week employed and 2 days self employed. Go for it.

It's what I do.

A lot of people have an employed job and do extra self employment.
Good luck

I juggle 17 roles, some employed, some self employed, all actually ad-hoc or sessional. Go for it.

Yeah why not, it sounds like a good compromise of the two

My line of work has lots of short term contracts - 1/3/6 months being the most common. I'm starting off freelancing now, with the plan being to pick up the 1 and 3 month contracts especially.

Quite like the idea of breezing in and out, doing my thing and leaving again.

Yes I have a day job and a self-employed one side-by-side similar to what you describe (in a linked industry). You have to be very organised to make both of them pay you a decent amount, but if you're disorganised you just end up earning less from the self-employment, in my experience.