I'm envious of you, being comparatively self-sufficient is an amazing thing, and making it work out as well as you have so far is a hell of an accomplishment. It sounds like things are only going to keep getting better for you too as you continue to get clients and build those relationships (I'm tempted to tag this post #sellingwithtng). How big of a challenge was this for you? That's a major change in work function and I could see it being difficult at first. You and cgod and tng...jealous of all y'all with your start-up businesses and such.I probably work just as many, if not more, hours than I worked before. However, the breakdown of actual work vs managing / organizing / emailing / calls is much different. I spent about 50% of my time doing actual work and 50% of my time switching tasks, dealing with clients, managing the people that I work with / for, invoicing, following up, etc. It was probably closer to a 80 (work) / 20 split before. I spent a lot of time managing my life / work before, but nothing like this.