For many remodelers, focusing solely on client work can suck the fun out of it. This is true for many creative, client-oriented professionals.
Graphic designer Matt Owens shares his tips on how he balances work for clients – the ones who help him bring home the bacon – with projects that he does for fun.
“The way to do self-initiated projects is to treat them like client projects,” Owens says in a Lunch Talk. “You can’t treat them differently, or they become secondary or fall through the cracks.”
Watch the video and learn more at Fast Company Design.
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