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There is a recognised fact that play amongst children is a place where they develop a whole range of skills. Just as you played as a child, playing as a web designer or developer is also essential to growth. Giving yourself space to experiment and play is not always the easiest of things. There are times when you have to just focus on bringing money in and play seems about the furthest planet next to completing the dealine and left of a series of all nighters. Balancing time to play might seem like something not worth the time or the money you will not be earning. This is a bad move though as you can often find you increase your ability and even find new ways to finance your time through play.

With the approach of freelancedom and another reboot, I have today reached that oh so common half way point in projects. For me, this point is defined by a combination of nose to the grind stone and mild panic. Of course, I will be meeting deadlines, that is not the point. I guess, I am just the sort of person that has to feel that buzz of panic once in a while. I always get this a few weeks before the end of a batch of work. Usually, the surge of argh late late comes during a juggling attempt with a range of websites. In many respects it is this panic (usually for no reason) that pushes me on to meet the deadlines that are looming. I often wish I would not do this to myself.