Clearing your schedule for a job that turns out to be not so urgent after all is a frustrating experience. The client comes in hot, talks about deadlines, makes everything feel time sensitive, and then goes completely silent the moment you confirm you are available. You are left sitting with a cleared schedule and no response. It puts you in a difficult position because you turned down other work to be ready. Has this happened to you, and what do you do while waiting to hear back?