It never hurts to do some networking. It’s even better to just adopt the habit of actively keeping in touch with your base of professional contacts when you’re out there by yourself freelancing. Having played the freelance game for a little over a year (then getting a full-time gig), I can attest to this. Going at it all by yourself, though noble in its cause, is, well… just plain dumb. Sure, you’re your own boss and all, but are you an accounting expert? Are you a lawyer?

You the Designer identifies six (types of) people you, as a graphic designer, should know.

(A seventh should be a good bail bondsman- just in case. I recommend Max Cherry- which incidentally is my alias for those times I decide to commit nefarious deeds.)