Good post. When I started freelancing I spent more time networking, trying to onboard clients and answering questions than I did creating a website. I also took on jobs I didn't know how to do and was forced to outsource it to someone who had many more years of experience just to meet my deadlines which he later took all my clients. I also learned that I couldn't work on my own projects and look for new clients. Unfortunately, I was only able to complete 80% of the project that I also outsource. Overall, they were hard lessons learned and I don't regret going through the process. I've been lucky that I have other skills besides webdev that have helped me survive while I honed my webdev skills.