Another point you might consider that comes shortly after #3, Spreading too thin, is Burn Out. When burn out happens, you’re not producing your best work – you’re forcing yourself to go well past the point where you would have been doing good work. Designers and developers often brag about pulling all nighters and working 12 hour days, but every hour you work past “optimum” your work is going to suffer. Freelancers often have a tendency to take every job that comes along. You might also need to learn how to say, “no”. Clients are not paying you for burn out work, they want your best. So how not to get burnt out? It may take some time to fine tune your schedule and develop a work flow (that includes a good group of individuals you can call on when you get overwhelmed but want to keep projects flowing). But it’s always important to include down time daily. Be it hobbies, going out, reading a book, whatever, but it should be time away from the computer where you recharge your creative batteries.

Keep up the great posts!

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