oh yeah - #7: don't bite off more than you can chew. When this project started, it was the only project on my plate. After they pulled the "we want our designer to design the site" switch on me, this was no longer the only thing on my plate. Now I have 3 other projects i'm working on at the same time. Sounds great, but when you're now working 80 hours a week just to get them all done, it kinda sucks.