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I don't usually do this sort of thing, but I read this book cover to cover in a day and thought I'd share the wealth.
 

 I know, I know. A financial book. I had my doubts too, however The Money Book is actually a page turner; a friendly and very easy read written by freelancers, FOR Freelancers. If you are a Freelancer, Part Timer, Self Employed or driving around in that Audi, blocking the sun with Chanel and gabbing on your iPhone that you have no money (no judgments!), this is definitely the book for you. With this book you will find it's possible to save money, get rid of debt and still go on that vacation and follow your dreams; as long as you are conscious about your spending, your needs vs wants and are putting away for your future. It's simple math: the younger you are when you start the easier you'll rest into retirement. And oh yeah, self-employed people are the most likely to become millionaires, if you play your cards right!

"One of our favorite books--and one we list in the appendix--is a classic entitled The Millionaire Next Door. In it, the authors, who studied the behavior of wealthy people, found that self-employed people were the ones most likely to become millionaires. Hurray! Doesn't that put a smile on your face? But the far more important finding was that these people were extraordinarily frugal. They drove ordinary cars, bought ordinary clothing, and resoled their shoes rather than toss them out. Basically, these millionaires built wealth doing the kinds of things that we have been trained by our spendthrift culture to regard as loser moves. But who's the real loser? The guy who leases the flashy car he can't really afford to buy, carries tens of thousands on his credit card, and pumps no money into his retirement fund--or the guy in the resoled Buster Browns who builds a fortune?"--The Money Book by Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan

It's my personal opinion that Freelance Artists are amongst the hardest workers out there (perhaps I'm biased, hehe), so buy the book, make your financial life a little easier and channel all that extra energy into your art! :)

""Freelance" is not a word that usually conjures up images of hard work, security, and financial success. People in the arts get a particularly bad rap. "The struggling artist"...it's almost as though being prosperous conflicts with the very idea of pursuing what you most dearly desire to do. In fact, the freelance life is often viewed by those in the nine-to-five world as-let's be honest-kinda slack and self-indulgent. Any independent worker knows that this is far from true. But this doesn't stop friends in offices from calling in the middle of the day to ask innocently, "What are you doing?"
Who, me? Oh, I'm just lying here, stretched out on the old sofa, one finger up my nose, the other hand in a bag of chips, watching a couple of aesthetically challenged midlifers redoing their home and arguing over what a Tuscan kitchen is...
What do you think we're doing? We're working you nit!" --The Money Book by Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan

Work smarter, not harder.

I save $500 a year by not having an iPhone btw, which is two car payments closer to me owning my economically friendly car!

The Money Book