So, you have been working a regular old boring 9-5 job and now you want to change the stars and jump into the world of freelance design. Well let me tell you from experience, that its not as easy as it sounds. Working on your own can be the toughest most rewarding experience of your life. Before you start you need all your ammo ready to take on anything a client throws at you.  Here are some of the tools that I have found very useful for day to day activities while running a successful freelance design company.

1) Box.net

Box.net was founded on a simple, powerful idea: people should be able to access and share their content from anywhere. Since 2005, Box.net has helped more than 3 million individuals, small businesses and Fortune 1000 companies do just that. We want to reinvent what businesses can do with their content through Box’s Cloud Content Management platform, made for a new kind of worker, a new kind of workplace and a new kind of IT.

2. Toggl

Get things done and turn your time into money. Track time with a single click, switch easily between different tasks and create reports.

Toggl suits both individuals and teams. It is used by anyone selling hours: freelancers, design agencies, law offices, developers.

3. 123 Vectors

If you’re like me and use Adobe Illustrator all the time that you will find this site really useful.  You can download tons of free vectors to help compliment your designs.  If your not a vector fan than you could always use this site for design inspiration.

4. What the Font
Seen a font in use and want to know what it is? Submit an image to WhatTheFont to find the closest matches in their database.

5. Color Schemer

If you ever loose your creative mind in the middle of a project and get stumped on what colors to use, than check out this site. You can create a free account and browse a massive gallery of colors that work well with each other.