Spill the Tea is a design business podcast by Cass & Amanda, Co-Founders of Foxtrot Branding. Each episode, we spill the tea about navigating our lives as designers and business owners and the challenges and rewards that come along with creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re an up-and-coming freelancer or a seasoned designer, these casual conversations offer relatable and encouraging insights for design entrepreneurs.
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Spill the Tea is a design business podcast by Cass & Amanda, Co-Founders of Foxtrot Branding. Each episode, we spill the tea about navigating our lives as designers and business owners and the challenges and rewards that come along with creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re an up-and-coming freelancer or a seasoned designer, these casual conversations offer relatable and encouraging insights for design entrepreneurs.
Creating a Balanced Schedule as a Self-employed Designer
Spill the Tea
42 minutes
1 year ago
Creating a Balanced Schedule as a Self-employed Designer
In this second Spilling The Design Tea Episode, we (Cass & Amanda) discuss how we keep a balanced work schedule including planning around our personalities, our weekly schedule breakdown, and how you can avoid burnout and overworking yourself.
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Our Templates & Courses for Designers: https://FoxtrotBranding.com/education
0:00 Intro
2:21 Weekend Highlights
5:03 The importance of a balanced work schedule
9:39 Our personal work styles
16:36 How our schedules and work environments have evolved
19:38 Our Mon-Fri daily schedule
25:28 Puzzle-piecing your services and desired schedule
28:10 Falling into overworking & burnout
31:28 How we set up life and work to-do lists
36:34 How soloprenuers can keep a balanced schedule
39:06 Answering a question from designer
Spill the Tea
Spill the Tea is a design business podcast by Cass & Amanda, Co-Founders of Foxtrot Branding. Each episode, we spill the tea about navigating our lives as designers and business owners and the challenges and rewards that come along with creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re an up-and-coming freelancer or a seasoned designer, these casual conversations offer relatable and encouraging insights for design entrepreneurs.
