The first time I fired a design client

I must admit, I had a lot of growing and learning to do in my early years as a designer and freelancer. Those lessons came hard and fast, especially after a momentous time a decade ago during my early career when I was laid off twice within less than a 6-month span. After being fed up with the corporate world, I took the self-employment route and looked to gain design clients and opportunities wherever I could. Somehow my…