The ability to successfully manage multiple projects is part of being a freelance web designer. And, while outsiders may think it’s a simple skill, it turns out to be incredibly difficult. It seems that no matter how organized you are a carefully-planned schedule can turn to dust before you can say “next”.
The truth is that scheduling design projects is not like serving customers in line at the grocery store. Designers can’t simply take care of one client at a time exclusively. Instead, it’s more like an ice cream truck that is overwhelmed by hungry kids on a summer day. In other words: It can be complete chaos.
So how do you control the crowd? How do you deal with projects that unexpectedly run long and overlap others? Let’s try and make some sense of this mess!