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Wednesday Business Update

My stress levels have gone up in the past two days - doing business is hard work, don't let Instagram tell you any different -


  • One client wants to pause upcoming work
  • Another potential client is interested in working with me 
  • Another client has totally unrealistic demands for a particular project so I have to deal with his expectations
I am learning quickly that you need to have boundaries with clients. Of course it is wonderful to have tonnes of clients for a B2B business but not at the expense of my health and my view of what good work is. 

On the consumer side, things are churning along as well. 

I think I could have made more of an effort in the beginning of the week to look for more projects. I am prospecting every day but not enough.

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