Why is invoicing clients so horrible? I try my best to put it off until I have to. I procrastinate and look for ways to postpone it (like writing blogs, instead). You’d think it would be the very first thing that I wanted to do.
When you are billing clients hundreds or thousands (or occasionally for me, tens of thousands) of dollars, you’d think the invoice would be a celebrated and joyous event. Well, there is a certain amount of pride that comes with seeing a large dollar amount attached to your hard work (it’s much better than doing a lot of work and being unpaid and unappreciated), but it is still office work.
Maybe because I’m an artist at heart, or maybe everyone hates this sort of clerical stuff… I don’t know. Either way, I absolutely hate having to create and send invoices. It is so boring. That’s the life of a freelance photographer, though. 25% fun art stuff and 75% boring business/office stuff. Get used to it, if you want to be in the business.