On this episode of Controlling Your Chaos, Cortney sits down with Adrian Galvan of Designology, a San Antonio interior designer who has been self-employed for 16 years and built his entire business on referrals and trust.

Adrian shares how three straight years of networking every single day laid the foundation for a client base that's stuck with him for over a decade, why he calls himself a "lifestyle designer" who thinks about how furniture placement affects a family's daily traffic patterns, and what it actually takes to build the kind of trust where clients hand you the keys to their home while they're not there. He opens up about his path from managing a 50-person beauty salon to going back to school for design, why he treats boundaries and extended time off as non-negotiable instead of a luxury, and the advice he'd give any creative: your craft is your craft, but you also have to be a good business person.

Adrian and Cortney also dig into navigating high-stress projects like kitchen remodels without losing the excitement, why every project teaches him something new no matter how many times he's done it before, and what's next for Designology as he steps into new national committee work and an exciting referral partnership. This one is for anyone building a creative business on relationships instead of ads.

To learn more about Adrian's design services, visit: https://www.adriangalvan.com/

Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/designologysa/

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