Well put. Will you be able to drop the clients when the money looks good? What if you are in a pinch and you really need it? Do you think that maybe freelancing is not the issue, but maybe the way you do it? I’m not trying to encourage you to stay in it, because I think you know exactly what you are doing and you don’t need the extra headache. It’d be good if you could drop it.

For me, I think ultimately, freelancing is an indicator of something missing. Somthing is missing: money, creativity, position, etc. I think especially for me, the fact that I do freelance work tells something about myself and the job I work.

With each passing freelance job I do, I come closer and closer to the same realization. I think I’d prefer to create my own web application and sell it. We’ll see how that goes ;)

For years, I’ve made an extra 5-10 k / year gross doing freelance projects, however this is money that usually comes with quite a bit of heart-burn and is damn little actual money for all the work. Let me explain.

Usually, I schedule free lance jobs to give me a flexible schedule and my clients claim they understand that I have a normal job and that a protracted time table is fine. But, somehow they always end up turning the tables and wanting/needing things done on a faster time line than originally discussed. Then I end up working on vacations and weekends trying to please them. (And let

Extra money may not buy happiness, but it sure can send you on some good vacations.