I've been doing frontend development for a little over a year. Mostly personal projects, a few freelance jobs for friends, nothing huge. Recently someone reached out through a mutual contact and asked if I could build a website for their business. At first I assumed it would be a simple brochure site, but after our call it sounds like they want something a bit more custom.

The site itself doesn't sound overly complicated, but they have a bunch of specific requirements that don't really fit into an off-the-shelf template. The deadline is around two weeks. Part of me thinks this is exactly the kind of project I need if I want to improve and start taking on more freelance work. The other part of me is looking at the timeline and thinking there's a good chance I'm being way too optimistic.

For those of you who freelance or run your own projects, how do you figure out whether a client request is genuinely manageable or whether you're setting yourself up for a stressful couple of weeks? Trying to work out if I'm overthinking this or if my instincts are trying to warn me about something.