[AchieveLife]

That's why I offer a retainer package. Get paid for just being available when needed and work a non-conflicting contract elsewhere.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Do you keep those packages reasonable? Have you ever found yourself with too many retainers being called in at once?

[AchieveLife]

Reasonable is relative to the situation.

No, I learned how to manage my work load (potential and actual) from clients for my physical/mental health.

The motivation is what determines the actions.

I know a guy who founded a software company and started contracting work overseas. He became too confident and over-committed to clients without managing expectations. For a couple of months he looked terrible. Thankfully, he found an escape path and closed the company. He's now employed full time in a dev role.

This path isn't for everyone.

[duxup]

Yeah a sort of

"Hey I'm already up to speed on this so if you want to pick it up again quickly ...." proposal probabbly would seem like a good idea to the company for a while at least.