I work as a designer for a local church during the day. On the side I design small projects for local non-profits or small businesses every once in a while. I think the hardest lesson I've had to learn as a designer and an artist is to hold each project loosely (no matter how proud I am or how much I love it) and never marry myself to a project. It is all in the eye of the beholder, and usually the beholder has the ultimate approval.