I stopped tracking every single hour and my income went up

I used to log every 15 minutes in Toggl, thinking it made me look professional. A client in Denver flat out told me my invoices were 'stressful to review' because of the insane detail. Now I just bill by project with clear milestones, and I'm making more with less headache. Anyone else switch from hourly to project-based billing and find it works better?

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elizabethblack8d ago

Switched to project billing last year and it changed everything. Clients stop nitpicking your time and start valuing the outcome instead. I mean, it just feels more like a partnership than a timesheet audit.

hugo_cooper8d ago

Oh man, that's so true. I was just reading an article about how billing by the hour can actually make you work slower, because you're always watching the clock. With a set project price, you just focus on getting the thing done right. It really does change how a client talks to you, like you said. They stop asking about hours and start talking about the actual work.