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Boundary-Setting Is a Business Skill

You’re a professional. Time to act like it.

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Shannon Hilson
Jun 27, 2025
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Rose Garden — Rendered by the author in DALL-E

Let’s just say it. Freelancers and working creatives are so often treated like vending machines with keyboards, paintbrushes, or cameras attached. Insert money, push a button, get a finished product. No questions asked, no delays tolerated, and definitely no humanity involved.

But I’m not a vending machine, a…

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