PSA: Fired my cheapest client to take on a retainer instead

I had a client paying $50 per tiny project who would email me 8 times a day, and another offering a $1,200 monthly retainer for the same weekly hours. Dumped the first one last month and my stress level dropped by half. Anybody else found that one big client beats five small ones?

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mila_murphy22m ago

Is dumping a cheap client really such a huge life-changing event?

the_robin15h ago

OH MAN congrats. You basically traded a screaming toddler for a quiet adult who pays you. That's a HUGE win. Nothing beats the feeling of hitting "archive" on that one cheap client's millionth email while your retainer check clears. It's amazing how much easier life gets when you're not nickel-and-dimed to death.