Probably a bit of all 3. Find clients and gigs, yay, then they change course/dissolve branch/have shiny object syndrome and im back looking for work boo. I also have a bunch of kids and when that rollercoaster hits so does time with the family. Oh well, glad to be here!

@Nick Bandy the kind nobody believes. direct response marketing, specifically for business that dont know how to grow. I've helped several dozen go from 5-6 figures to 7 and 8. One even ranked 133 on the fortune 5000 list of fastest growing companies. These are across a range of businesses (hers was singing bowls). The problem with this is most 'experts' tout this as well though its mostly BS. so its hard to really stand out despite a plethora of testimonials. Additionally its hard to get a yes from bigger companies who can afford and because of the process to get them and smaller ones have a hard time paying me and/or sticking to it. On a smaller scale I help massively improve conversions, results. Working with a guy on his energy drink and brought hist CAC from $60 to $20 and am working with him on getting it down to $10 for new customers. Stuff like that. I've been doing this too long to really narrow it down to one thing.