Yeah, that's the tradeoff! I work freelance so that I can work part-time. I do Monday through Wednesday for my client. Thursday is my long bike ride day, and Fr

Yeah, that's the tradeoff! I work freelance so that I can work part-time. I do Monday through Wednesday for my client. Thursday is my long bike ride day, and Friday is the day I write my own software. (And a lot of time on Sat/Sun as well.) I've found that it's pretty easy to get clients to agree to this if they know & trust you (I always work with people that I know from my full-time career.)