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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3020 - Q&A: “How do I manage last-minute requests without burning out?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Small Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore how service-based freelancers can manage last-minute client requests without sacrificing quality or burning out. Learn how to build buffer time into your schedule and set clear project boundaries.

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.


Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com

Email: team@sidehustleschool.com

Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions

Connect on Instagram: @193countries

Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com

Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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Well, we had an episode recently about clients who keep changing their minds and how do you handle that as a freelancer.

0:58.8

Today's question a little bit related, but also different.

1:01.6

How do I manage last minute requests without burning out?

1:05.6

So let's consider how a service-based freelancer can manage these client requests that are coming in kind of after the work

1:11.1

has already started or sometimes after the work's already been done. How can they manage that process

1:15.6

without sacrificing quality or burning out? So learn how to build buffer time in your schedule and

1:21.1

set clear project boundaries. Those are two of the strategies we're going to talk about. How can you do

1:25.3

it? This is in fact a common issue in many industries from design and consulting to coaching and beyond. Let's talk about

1:32.4

those strategies. How can you avoid the dreaded crunch mode? Crunch mode is when, you know,

1:38.1

you kind of save some things for the end or you haven't proactively worked on things. Or in this

1:43.1

case, you know, it's not your

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