What Is A Problem?

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04/26/21 • 90 min

There are few things we love more than criticizing crazy clients and commiserating with each and every one of you.
Of those few things? Breakfast foods and serenading others against their will sit riiiight at the top 😏 And of course today’s episode features both.
We know, we know - you don’t deserve the honor we bestow upon you. But really, who would?
In today’s stories episode, you’ll get to hear our thoughts on breakfast food, and you’ll learn about some earth shatteringly important news for our studio: we got a new toaster.
A TOASTER.
THEEEN, once we’re “peeling” good, you’ll hear some ever so sunny stories about toxic work relationships, back stabbings that make Survivor look tame, and a client who... well, we’ll just put a *few* one-liners from a single email of theirs, below 👇
“It’s all mine pic”
“You told me it’s belong to me” (it’s like a T. Swift remake)
“What is a problem” (an existential crisis, perhaps?)
And we enjoyed it, immensely.
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Previous Episode

Everything Is Ok In Some Sense ft. Maud Passini of Manureva Studio

Pop quiz: which of the below would be considered a “reasonable response” to a freelancer raising their rates 1 year after the initial proposal?
(And by reasonable, we mean completely unreasonable) 👇
Would it be....
A) Okay great! Let me know what that package might look like.
B) No problem at all!
C) Oh, I didn’t realize you CHANGED THE TERMS ON ME.
Truly, we’d love to know. You tell us 👀
It’s fine, we’re fine. Really. We just have a guest episode with none other than our ever so chic and stylish friend, Maud Passini of Manureva Studio! And we’ll just be honest for a second (as if we ever weren’t?) - she’s worked with her fair share of morons.
Which lends to a really interesting Stories episode. So, kudos to the morons 👏
To hear all about Maud’s most interesting client story, her creative journey from Paris to Brooklyn, and our thoughts on the mindset shift that accompanies having your own studio space, just listen in.
And never forget - when the stupidity just keeps repeating itself, just remember: everything is great, but also it’s terrible.
Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.
Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.
Follow Maud's studio on IG at @manureva.studio and check out their site at manurevastudio.com
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Next Episode

I Could Have Made This In 5 Min ft. Elliot Ulm

It’s true. @elliotisacoolguy.
A very cool guy.
A guy who runs a flourishing creative business, but a guy who isn’t very good at freelancing, nonetheless.
Yeah, we said it. (only because he did 👀)
In fact, Elliot is such a cool guy, he decided to join the coolest podcast on earth (that’s us), to discuss all of the incredibly important things about being a freelancer.
You know, things like his love for Caramel Macchiatos, and our dialogue on lattes vs. french press, backyard kangaroos that’ll punch you, ginormous spiders (i.e., “husband” spiders according to Arabela), inches vs. whatever it is that they measure things in, and talking to himself in the shower.
✨Just normal WFH, self employed things✨
So let’s tally that up. Elliot:
*Lives in Australia, mate
*Agrees that their spiders are huge
*Loves a Starbies Caramel Macchiato
*Doesn’t believe he’s a good freelancer. Even though he’s built a wildly successful business and amassed over 100k followers.
OK ELLIOT.
Don’t worry, we eventually move on from the kangaroos and spiders to talk about his journey into graphic design, as well as his fair share of crazy client stories. Then, we put the cherry on top of a *very cool* episode to discuss his journey to creating passive income, without even using a website.
Elliot. Is. A. Very. Cool. Guy. And he only mocked us like... twice.
Listen in 😏
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