This document discusses how passion projects can refresh and reinvigorate a freelance career. While passion projects may not generate immediate income like client work, they can improve skills, allow experimentation, and produce portfolio work that helps get new clients. Passion projects can also become lucrative over time if they gain popularity. Regular creative goals and passion projects are important for freelancers to avoid dissatisfaction and keep their work feeling meaningful. The document encourages taking time for a creative planning session to identify a passion project idea based on one's original motivations and interests.

1. Think Your Passion Project Is a Waste
of Time? Think Again.

2. Any job, no matter how much you love it, can get old
fast if you aren’t working to improve yourself.

3. That’s where a passion project comes in.
Giving yourself a new creative goal, or
even allowing yourself a little more time for
creativity can refresh and reanimate your
freelance career and even has the
potential to become highly lucrative.

4. When talking about side projects, financial legitimacy usually
comes up in the conversation.
“But is it worth my time? I mean, I could be working on client
projects and making actual money!”
Working on a personal project, whether it’s an app, art series, or
novel, has the possibility to set you up for huge financial success
later on.
When it comes to potential fame and fortune, wouldn’t you rather
say you gave it a shot… or at least two extra hours a week?
Let’s get the money part out
of the way first.

5. Working on a passion project in your free time is a great way to
improve your skills and explore new methods or techniques…
without sacrificing the quality of your client work for the sake of
experimentation.
This “side gig” could be as simple as creating a new piece for
your portfolio. Clients often choose freelancers based on the
work displayed in their portfolios, so if you’re tired of getting
boxed into a specific niche, try creating something that shows
off your other talents.
Flesh out your style, improve your
skills, and show off the good stuff.

6. Spark your motivation by
listening to your passion.
Feeling dissatisfied doesn’t have to signal an existential
freelancing crisis… it could simply mean that you’ve been
working too hard, and are in need of a creative spark.
A passion project might be just the ticket you need to clear
out your creative cobwebs, and it doesn’t have to be a
monumental undertaking. Something as simple as a “one
drawing a day” or a weekly free-writing session can jolt your
brain into a more positive place and create a finished
project that you can revisit (or even sell) in the future.

7. As a freelancer, nurturing your
creativity is not a luxury… it’s a
necessity.
A busy freelancer who is constantly trying new things, as
well as setting creative goals for him or herself, is far
less likely to feel unsatisfied and bored. The added
bonus of creating marketable, portfolio-worthy products
to your repertoire turns a passion project into a valuable
tool for your freelance career.

8. So, the next time you have five minutes,
institute a creative planning session. Take a
look at what you’re happy with in your
freelance business, and then look for things
you’re missing.
What got you freelancing in the first place?
What do you miss doing? What gets your blood
pumping and your brain spinning?

9. If you can answer those questions, you
can plan a passion project…
so what are you waiting for?

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