10 Apr 2021, 15:35

I am a full time in-house Graphic Designer for 40+ hours a week and I have a regular freelance illustration job where I do an editorial illustration for a weekly podcast adtech newsletter which takes about another 4-6 hours of my week. (Soundsprofitable.com) So I’m illustrating pretty regularly though the majority of my cash inflow is not independent, I’m working on it.

We’ve had a two year old out of daycare so that’s most of my evenings so my wife who had to leave her job due to the pandemic gets a break. I try to keep my weekends for the family.

So! That leaves 8-12 as many nights I can manage a week for portfolio work. The last SVS contest really put a strain on me with that schedule. It’s still something I’m balancing as I’m definitely not respecting my sleep needs.