Transfer the rate before you cut

Headline pay is a long stick. Fees and unpaid time shorten it. Transfer the remaining length before you say yes.

Do not cut a week to a headline rate. Transfer fees, unpaid time and tax onto the stick first. The remaining length is what you can compare to the day job.

Before you accept

Notch every fee the platform or client will take.
Notch unpaid time: briefs, revisions, waiting.
Notch tax as its own mark.