Many times you will do your best and you will not be rewarded for it. You will often hear that your work is wonderful, but they will ask for a cheaper price or a discount on the entire budget. Many times they will tell you that there is no way to pay the amount you asked for the work because there is no way Budget to do this, even though you know that he earns 4x more than you ordered.

Many times you will create and do much more than what was stipulated in the work, only to then want to discard you, add another one to take what you had done, just to spend less, because in the minds of those who do not respect your work and often also do not know how to invest, “Design anyone does”.

Yes, you will suffer. You will suffer for your art, for your work, for what you love. So, with so many cons, why would I recommend that you be/continue to be a Designer? Because, although the journey is long, ungrateful and often cruel, it is the profession that I love and that I know how to do very well... and, if you love it as much as I do, you will still do your best and remain active in the profession.

What profession in the world doesn't have its pros and cons? You will never find anything where you don't have to beat up and suffer, even a little bit, to achieve your dreams and goals. I'm not saying, obviously, that you have to say yes to everything, of course not. But you will have moments in your life and difficulties that will make you question whether you are on the right path.

Yes, I understand your frustration, but we also can't be terrible professionals who will dump their frustrations on clients who don't understand our work or even offend that Designer at the beginning of their career. I've seen so many do that, it's absurd.

I have also seen Designer say that he wanted to change his profession because his, according to him, was “mediocre”... just because a customer - who didn't know that it's not possible to pass fixed prices on certain services before assessing the need - asked to send Inbox the amounts charged to make business cards, logo, and website.

Gosh, you're not required to accept the Freela If you've ever found one Red Flag in the potential future client. Ignore. If you receive something like this and it bothers you, speak up, be honest and polite... explain the situation. Show the customer why it's not possible to do it that way.

Have you ever stopped to think that maybe it's our fault too - and not that of the nephew - that certain attitudes happen? Maybe that customer you should have said no to; that service-filled and low-paid job that you accepted; that customer that you always gave a discount and became unused to and thinks that every time you come to request a quote you have to get a discount; and so on.

There are countless reasons that frustrate us, I know. Both on the part of professionals in the field and on the part of clients, but if we love what we do, we must learn to say no, explain, understand certain situations. Act differently. Don't give up simply because something frustrated you. Fight to be a better professional not only in what you do, but in interacting with clients, in saying no when you need to and, of course, in valuing yourself.