Michael Law

Sometimes it__ hard to know when you__e crossed the line from conscientious to compulsive. When you__e in the thick of an assignment, it__ easy to believe that you must spend so much time brainstorming, researching, writing, testing, revising or what-have-you. Often, it__ only after you__e been working for hours on end that you realize that half the work you__e been doing wasn__ actually necessary and that you__e just wasted a lot of time.

Face it: as much as you__ like to be, you__e not perfect. Mistakes will be made in both your freelance career and life. Instead of fearing mistakes, remind yourself that there__ plenty to learn from them. If nothing else, you__l learn that a mistake doesn__ mean the end of the world. In fact, it might be the beginning of a new one.