| >>There is no shame in asking for someone to pay for what they have purchased. True, but what have they purchased ? >>Safeway is not greedy, begging or anything of the sort when they ask me to pay for a loaf of bread. No, but that's a loaf of bread, a physical thing with uniform properties and an established price. When you send out an invoice for your freelance work, there is the amount of hours and there's significant markup for it being freelance hours. It adds up, and before you know it you're sending out a bill for what is, at that moment in time, for you a huge amount of money. It's not a bad thing to reflect on that. "Am I really worth this ?", "Did I actually earn this?", "Am I offending my customer by being out of the ballpark ?", and most importantly, "Can I justify this, not just to the customer, but to myself ?" Over time you will appreciate how you fretted over that "huge bill", and maybe even adjusted it a little to feel comfortable about the value you feel you have provided. It's not comparable to retail, where everything more or less has an agreed upfront price. |