I’ve had to accept that sometimes I’ll have the space to push on side projects, and other times I need to lock in on client work—because that’s what pays the bills.

What that also tells me: the fact that I was doing side projects on top of that says a lot about how much I was loading onto myself.

3 weeks in, here’s what I’ve found interesting: I’m just as busy.

Client work has a way of filling every gap. You never really know what’s going to pop up.