It's an ages old dilemma, per-hour vs. per-project. There's no single right approach. It's a choice, often circumstantial. Both options have risks. Solo/freela

It's an ages old dilemma, per-hour vs. per-project. There's no single right approach. It's a choice, often circumstantial. Both options have risks. Solo/freelancing awards us that freedom to balance the risks. After all we do sell our time - we either bill our client for it OR give the account of it to ourselves (man, that design took me awile....). So eventually it's supposed to bring out that feel of one's own time value. Raising rate is what logically comes out of this too. Being solo also means facing one's own anxiety and insecurity. So we need to be flexible and choose whatever works to boost our professional and personal confidence, then review what outcomes this turned us. This, again, will eventually harmonize what you bill your client to what you really want to be paid. The real question is how soon this balances out before bills would choke us. So it makes sense to not routinely under-charge just because of anxiety, as this only will make it stronger next time.