> On top of that, I plan for 40% of time spent doing billable stuff, and 60% of client search, marketing, networking, and general business handling. Prospectiv

> On top of that, I plan for 40% of time spent doing billable stuff, and 60% of client search, marketing, networking, and general business handling. Prospective freelancers are often warned that they won't be billing 40+ hrs a week because of ancillary non-billable tasks you have to handle, but this is vast overestimate.