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Just when you thought decision making couldn\u2019t get any harder (you didn\u2019t sleep for 2 nights, trying to decide between Helvetica and Times font), real life appeared and forced you to make a resolution about your career.<\/p>\n

In kindergarden there wasn\u2019t really any competition. You were the one to paint the prettiest house with the white picket fence. But you can\u2019t ride that success forever. So, for all of you ambitious designers out there who find yourselves pondering the future, we hand you this easy to use, yet enlightening Graphic Designer\u2019s Journey: Freelance to Freedom<\/strong> infographic, to guide you in your time of need.<\/p>\n

Recommended Reading:<\/strong> More Infographic related posts.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Feel free to share it with your fellow professionals to help them see the light at the end of the tunnel, start working and move out of their parent\u2019s house.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just when you thought decision making couldn\u2019t get any harder (you didn\u2019t sleep for 2 nights, trying to decide between Helvetica and Times font), real life appeared and forced you to make a resolution about your career. In kindergarden there wasn\u2019t really any competition. 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