Life, freelancing & advice from
Ryan Gibson

Hey! I'm Ryan. I used to run subscription businesses within the educational space generating over 12 million organic visits a year. Having recently sold the company (May 2021) I'm now writing content about my life, running business, where I live and spending time with my family. Browse by interest point below or by date published.

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Moving House

Reading Time: 9 minutesHave you ever moved house in the middle of a global pandemic with a pregnant wife, a furloughed removal team and a 4-year-old? I hadn’t …

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Self Employed Report – October/November/December

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Three months since my last report and another year (decade) has gone by. The past 90+ days have been the most eventful since I started my self employed journey. This report will predominantly focus on my educational business and life. Freelance is certainly taking a back seat right now.

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Business Decisions 2019

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A long-time friend of mine in the online space Jem recently wrote a post on business decisions she had made in 2019 which have positively impacted her business and personal life.

The post was a fantastic insight into Jem’s personal development and how she strives for small, incremental changes to her life year on year. This inspired me to do something similar.

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Self Employed Report – August/September

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Failure after just one month! (I didn’t update monthly)

Jokes aside, this will be an August/September combination report looking at what I achieved in the past 8 weeks. It’s fair to say the schools came back to our educational business with a bang! This report will again focus on the key strands of self-employment; freelancing, educational business and of course life and how I make sure I can be a good Dad/Husband.

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