This article is written by a special colleague, Bari Tessler-Linden of Conscious Bookkeeping. She has a unique way of combining practical money matters with your spiritual sense - something I am striving to do. I read the article today and it resonated with me immediately.
7 Mini Exercises to Help you Determine Your Value & Fees
The complete article is HERE.
This point really struck a cord with me and I started writing out my numbers right away.
3. What do you need to be charging hourly to meet your family's lifestyle? Based on current family lifestyle, What do you need to be charging hourly to meet that? Figure out what your hourly fee needs to be if your were working 40 hours per week... or 30 hours (or whatever you choose) and needing to bring in XX amount of dollars each month to cover your families basic nut.
I have a great worksheet to help you play around with that. Email Bari if you want it sent to you~