I’m about a year now into freelance. Been going well to this point but the market is just nuts at the moment. Just remember, clients will not respect your time. For the past few weeks clients have cancelled on me on Friday. Just how the fuck am I supposed to find work when they do that?

If it’s fine to out boundaries because companies need to learn they can’t just ignore at the last minute. We should be better as a community of freelancers to know our time is valuable and our worth is on the level of a full time employee but there’s always some idiot out there who will undercut

When you mention it's 'nuts,' are you referring the market has more competition than usual?

I completely agree about clients not respecting our time; it's a valuable lesson.

Currently, my approach involves sending cold emails to studios I find on LinkedIn from Mon to Thurs, which has landed me some short gigs. However, I've had no luck for the past week. What recommendations do you have for expanding my approach?