From Zero to Three: My Freelancing Journey in One Month

From Zero to Three: My Freelancing Journey in One MonthFrom Zero to Three: My Freelancing Journey in One Month

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Yeti ‌

pro

• 2d

Fun facts about freelance life:

March: 0 projects. April 1: 3 projects on the go.

Send help, and mate 🧉 please!

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Hayley Cantor

max

• 2d

Right now, substack is my guilty pleasure.

I know that if I ever showed it to a business coach, they'd tell me that it serves no purpose for my business the way I'm writing it.

I don't think about converting or numbers, because I don't want to.

I just want to document design studio discoveries as they happen.

P.S. I think the home screen is super underrated.

https://studioayl.substack.com/ Anyone else have a newsletter? Pop the link in comments and I'll have a read :)

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Shrushti K

• Mar 31

Just Started here and hope to get a kick start project

here's what I provide https://on.contra.com/cNMf9d

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Muhammad Yahaya

• Mar 31

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Chantal Jemmott

pro

• 2d

When does a project stop serving your portfolio? 👀

I’m currently working on a new website.

My work, knowledge, and vision have evolved a lot since I built the current one. Honestly, I think I disliked it about a month after launching… but it still did its job. It helped me share my work and build a business.

Now I’m moving into a more intentional direction, and I’m rethinking what actually deserves a place in my portfolio.

I know this isn’t always a clear or easy decision. So I’m sharing a few thoughts I’ve been using to evaluate my own work.

Would really love your perspective on this.

How do you decide what stays and what goes?

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Anna Gudvin · Heed Collective

pro

• 2d

I feel this a lot. For me, a project stops serving the portfolio when it no longer reflects how I think — not just how it looks. Sometimes it can still be “good work,” but if it doesn’t represent your current depth or standards, it starts creating the wrong expectations.