How do you decide when to draw the line between flexibility and self-respect?

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For time off, planned in advance? Always.

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I was recently offered a short remote freelance project in from a NY agency that sounded great… until they told me about a few important project days that landed on a date I’d already booked a long-planned trip. They’ve been flaky throughout the process, and I was tired of bending. So, I said no.

Now part of me feels dumb for turning down work. But part of me feels proud for finally holding a boundary.

Important to know: Im currently booked somewhere else and that will remain.

So I’m curious: when do you choose yourself over the gig?
And have you ever regretted saying “no” to something that didn’t quite feel right?

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That’s the hardest part of freelance- the constant calculation about what money you’re not making.

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I was interviewing for a really big job at a tech platform. They knew I am a freelancer and months of interviews later they dropped "hey since you are freelance now why not freelance for us for a while and we can see where it goes". Of course they could have asked me that at the beginning without dangling an awesome full time role for months, and so I said no, I am not open to that. Then they ghosted me. I wouldn't have felt right about it and I would have also given up any leverage I had for getting hired. I still wonder sometimes but I think it was the right thing to do.

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