Hana Sugimoto
29 May 2026
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Headshots, class, two subscriptions, submissions, a reel edit, union dues. It came to more than four thousand and I earned about two.
Is that a normal year three or is that a sign I am doing this badly?
Tools & Money
I added up what I spent on this last year and I feel slightly sick
5 replies
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Nathan Ostrowski
29 May 2026
That is a completely normal year three and almost nobody publishes those numbers, which is why it feels shameful. It is not.
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Denise Aguilar
30 May 2026
The useful exercise is not the total, it is which line items produced anything. Class and the reel edit probably did. Two subscriptions probably did not.
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Robert Nakashima
8 Jun 2026
Track it every year. The point at which it flips is the point at which this becomes a job, and you cannot see the flip coming if you are not counting.
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Bea Ashworth
9 Jun 2026
I was net negative for six years. Year seven I paid for everything and had money left. Nobody tells you how long the runway is.
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Paul Etherington
10 Jun 2026
Also, all of that is deductible. If you are not tracking it for tax you are paying for it twice.
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