From The Wealthy Freelancer Ch. 1 pp. 6-9:
The type of projects I want
I want to be working on interesting, hard programming problems in
cutting-edge languages like Ruby and Clojure. I’d rather stay away
from the typical Rails storefronts and work more on one-of-a-kind
backend systems. Middleware; interfaces between mobile devices and
backend servers; messaging; scaling; data crunching. Gateways to
legacy systems. Anything that isn’t putting an HTML face on a SQL
database.
I’d also like to be consulting on dispersed team dynamics, perhaps
50/50 with the development work. Anything from hour-long consultations
to months-long advisorships.
The type of clients I want
The kind that pay on time :–)
I want to work with people who know they need something special and
want a quality job done.
I want clients I can be honest with.
The income I want to earn for my project work
$150/hr
The lifestyle I want for my freelance business
I want to have a week off every six weeks or so. I want to spend at
least an hour with my kids every day. I want to spend time working
out, reading, and practicing music every day. I want to continue
abstaining from all project work and office work on Shabbat. I want to
stop work when it’s work-stopping time, rather than working until it’s
“done” every night.
I want to work from whatever beach, mountaintop, or coffee shop I
happen to be at on a given day.
I want to live on a sustainable farmette in the middle of nowhere,
surrounded by children and animals, homeschool my kids, and play lots
of badminton – but still work on the most challenging programming
projects along with world-class dispersed teams.