Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff they don’t teach you in design school, but should

107. Don’t Do Anything You Can Pay Someone $10 Per Hour to Do

I was massively burned out at the end of a three-year stretch of freelance slavery. I had so much client work piled on me I couldn’t see straight enough to try to figure out how to hire someone to help. I spent every day from early in the morning until late at night with my head down, just trying to get it all done. From time to time, I would leave my cave to attend a networking group of some kind. On one occasion, I sat with a small group of four business owners. We were chatting over the challenges we face in our businesses, and when it came to be my turn I didn’t have to dig deep to know what my struggle was. I told them, “I’m buried in work. I’m stressed out of my mind. I don’t ...