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Behind every freelancer is their non-negotiable toolkit.
Some things are essential for execution, while others… are mostly emotional support.😂 🐈
The most important part of my toolkit - that helps me execute and manage my projects- is my systems. It was the game-changer in my freelance career. 🖌️
What would you recommend in your toolkit?
I like the emotional support animal 😂
Me too 😍
Love the cat 😂
My support system 😂
Ahhh yess Lo-fi is great 🥳
Lo-fi carries half my projects, not gonna lie 😂
When your cat understands design tool better that clients 🤣
My clients understand hierarchy. My cat understands vibes. 😂
That’s just the “focused” version… you don’t wanna see peak chaos 😭
I relate to the tabs for sure!
Closing tabs feels like deleting potential.
Having 50 open tabs is very relatable!
It starts with “just one more reference” and suddenly it’s 87 tabs deep 😭
Goat for the cat 😂🫶🏻
Thank you! She also appreciates it
All those tabs are giving me anxiety, but theLo-fi is a must!
Systems are truly the real game-changer in freelancing. Once you build strong processes, everything becomes smoother and more scalable.
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*Expect also a short interview with all the tech part behind the project, soon in another post.
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This is literally the freelancer starter pack. You start for freedom and suddenly you're doing admin, finance AND the actual work at once 😭
Are you still managing tools… or building systems?
I’ve been consolidating my early-stage process inside @FLORA - exploration, concepting, prompt development, and visual creation all in one place.
Flora isn’t just an image generator - it’s an intelligent, node-based canvas where I can connect AI text generation (via ChatGPT) directly to image and video models inside the same workspace. No jumping between tabs.
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• Connect a text node directly to image/video nodes to generate + iterate instantly
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Centralizing AI doesn’t just save time - it protects creative momentum.
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