Great post. I'm curious what other self-employed people are doing. My typical work week the last 5-7 years is 15-20 hours on 2-3 projects of typical 3-month du

Great post. I'm curious what other self-employed people are doing. My typical work week the last 5-7 years is 15-20 hours on 2-3 projects of typical 3-month duration. I turn down A LOT of projects. I an a hybrid consulting analyst/business analyst that does business process design and integration specification. ALL of my clients want ALL of my time right now. I did 4-5 months of 50 hour weeks and then just said, "STOP". I then told ALL of my clients that if they want priority access to my time and more than a day a week they need to commit to monthly retainers (large ones) that they can cancel at any time with one month penalty. Most were like, "ok, we'll figure something else out" (because corporations would rather have record profits than sustainable businesses). One I am still negotiating with. But since I put a premium on time instead of money it's not really a negation, it's more like "here are my terms." If you are any good at what you do maybe you also need to decide what is important to you and then find a company that will meet you there. But even though this is slightly off topic I am curious what other small consulting practices and freelancers are doing to maximize their income right now. In my mind this is like 1998-2001 where I made A LOT of money. If I am going to work hard right now I will not be doing so to make rich people more wealth but rather to increase my coffers so I have even more freedom to say NO.