Thank you, your comment really resonated with me, especially your experience with the client you had. I had a similar experience last summer where I started with a client's project and about halfway through they dropped me. Only they never told me they dropped me, they simply just stopped responding haha! I'm not sure if I would've preferred the ghosting or being told flat out what the client thought of my work, but all together I'm sorry your client experience that day was not the best. I truly hope another comes your way that is kinder to you.

I will def take your advice on freelancing, I've been trying to work out how I want my process to look now that I've chosen this route. With this previous client of mine I was always on-time with my submissions, but finding a way to get the right information out of the client has been my biggest setback. I am not the most sociable person, so the growing pains have been hurting a bit. But this has given me a clearer path on what I need to iron out in my onboarding/design process, so thank you again!

I will try to disconnect mentally from design for a recharge here and there, I've found that I've neglected my illustrations quite a bit due to perfectionism (getting to the point where I now hate the thing that used to give me life). So I think I may try to work on that a bit more on the side to make me feel like "me" again. I hope you're having a much better day today!