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Why freelancers leave projects feeling shortchanged
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
- 3 min read
By
Charlotte Makala
What you need to know:
If you don’t set boundaries, you’ll look up and realise you’re doing the work of five people on the budget of one. A project that begins calmly can quietly expand until it feels like a full buffet where the client keeps adding “just one more thing.”
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