F**k stress
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^ That there was the defining motif of self employment for me and it drove me very close to insanity through the sheer consistency of it...
I would get an enquiry about a job in August. A book cover. It would go nowhere. I would get an enquiry in September. A record Sleeve. It would go nowehere. I would get an enquiry in October. An ad illustration. It would go nowhere. I would get an enquiry in December. A magazine illustration. It would go nowehere.
With nothing coming in, I'd eventually decide to take a day off, and I'd arrange something. Maybe a day out with my family. We'd all be ready and excited. That evening, without fucking fail, every single fucking time. I'd get an email from the publisher. Its going ahead. Its needed by Thursday. An email from the record label. Sleeve art going ahead. needed Thursday. An email from ad agency. Artwork going ahead. needed Thursday. An email from the magazine. Illo needed, deadline Thursday.
These emails would all be in caps. All headlined URGENT, and would all claim the deadline was Thursday. Honestly, it tested my sanity that it could always happen like that but it always did and it nearly drove my whole family to the nut house. Every time, without fail.
That wasn't the end of the insane coincidences though, because somehow I'd work like a dog to meet all the Thursday deadlines, and then on the Friday, I'd get a load of revision through due to the rushed nature of doing it, and they'd all say 'Need these revisions by Monday morning 9am'.
There would always be up to a month's additional amednments time mysteriously available after the urgent deadline.
Told a LOT of people to fuck off over those years. Got poor, but it felt good.
- This seems to be a big problem in the industry. I just wonder what the best way to deal with it is.Chimp
- I used to become convinced they were all conspiring against me, it was so uncanny, it was the only rational explanation.Horp
- This is EXACTLY what I'm dealing with constantly!SunSunSun
- Its not your fault. Don't let it drive you mad. Learn to say no. They always have more time, always. Make them use it.Horp