The Death of Freelance?

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    #1 problem I've always had over the course of 12 years of freelancing...

    Not having enough time and being unavailable to clients because my other clients have me booked. What happens is that you have your so-called 'bread and butter' clients. They book ALL of your time up and you give it to them because they pay good and always come back to you. Then whenever your other clients want to book you, you can't because you don't have enough time to take on their projects. Then that other client goes somewhere else, to some other vendor or freelancer. Eventually they stop coming to you b/c you're always unavailable...essentially you're losing that client. It's a give or take situation I guess. You don't want to turn down work from clients that are great to you (they're always priority) but at the same time you're working on the same people and brands all of the time. And for me, my family comes first, so it's always whatever pays more and gives me a more relaxed schedule, more time to spend with my family. There's a bunch of folks and agencies I really miss working with though... and from time to time I'll squeeze a project in for them and work those all-nighters for like half of what I normally get paid. Just because I enjoy their work, their ideas, and the people there.

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    • What about outsourcing your other clients to other designers. So it looks like you do the work?capn_ron
    • Hard to find good folks...fyoucher1
    • For what it's worth, your portfolio is pretty awesome, bud. Keep up the hustle!Andrew_D
    • understandable, but if you can find them you can take your cut and not do the work.capn_ron
    • Thanx Andrew_D!fyoucher1
    • Yeah, it's just a bit more than I want to deal with. Eventually I'll spend some quality time searching for a few good folks.fyoucher1
    • It's the whole managing and even micro-managing aspect I dislike doing. Clients expect a certain quality which is hard to find.fyoucher1
    • ...find.fyoucher1
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