I'm curious if people that do this ever get a "perfect storm" of all clients having unplanned work at the same time. It sounds great in theory but I feel like it would just tangle you up in a web of lies.
I ain't a swindler for sure but I had to do this several times during my life, in order to provide for my family, to kill debts, to fix health problems and a load of other things life loves to hit you under the belt with.
That perfect storm you described indeed happened several times and I was indeed lying about it but you know what? I was willing to own up to every single promise and engagement I made -- and I did, even though it took a toll on my mental health and work motivation.
> I'm curious if people that do this ever get a "perfect storm" of all clients having unplanned work at the same time.
That is why it is a good idea to make the acquaintance of some subcontractors that you can further contract the work out to if a "perfect storm" happens.
The next step after that is telling the various people you work for that, actually, you've got subcontractors doing the work now and your job is to manage them. At that point, boom, you've just built a development agency.
There was play about that; a guy dating 3 stewardesses, then commercial jet flight is introduced, and he has to juggle them all until his scheme crashes down. Pretty damn funny play.
