10 Things About Freelancing

1) Free food. Okay. Free after the client leaves and the sandwich tray is thrown into the art department like a baby to a pitbull. (Three-hour mayo is safe, right? It is when you’re hungry.)

2) Free copies. Color. B&W. Name it. Screw Kinko's.

3) Leaving for an appointment... in the middle of the afternoon... during a crisis... for no reason.

4) Listening to people go “Whatever you do, if they offer you a job – turn it down.”

5) Listening to people go “How come you don’t want to work here?”

6) Watching staff coast.

7) Watching freelancers coast.

8) Helping unjam the printer for the same person. Over... and over... and...

9) Helping unjam the powerpoint presentation for the same person. Over...

10) Arriving at the kitchen precisely as the water cooler requires a refill.