Im Quitting My Deadend Job
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I Quit My Dead-end Job and made 90,000k the first year... Not saying you could but sometimes you have to learn to believe in yourself...! thats the Key to Life Put YO.. Money Heart and Skillz Where YO Mouth is ..... It will work out if you make Some Goals and Stay Focused I was lucky to have a Partner That helped me,and we believed in each other..... Sircheezmo
I Quit My Dead-end Job and made 90,000k the first year... Not saying you could but sometimes you have to learn to believe in yourself...! thats the Key to Life Put YO.. Money Heart and Skillz Where YO Mouth is ..... It will work out if you make Some Goals and Stay Focused I was lucky to have a Partner That helped me,and we believed in each other..... Sircheezmo
Well that settles it for me, you've got nothing to lose. You don't have to register self-employment for the first 3 months, and you can still claim Job Seekers allowance if you get desperate (even if you live with parents, and assuming you live in the UK).
IMHO, I would also suggest not to quite your day job, unless you have enough money to cover up the expenses for next 6 month(at least) Till then spend what ever you can to start up. Specailly if you have designing skills, I would suggest to join freelancing websites, including:
Custom Web Design and Programming. Freelance Programmers. Outsource Web Development Outsourcing
Guru.com ? Find freelancers at the world?s largest online service marketplace.
Elance | Connect with Qualified Professionals
Outsource to Freelancers, IT Companies, Programmers, Web Designers from India, Russia, USA, and more - oDesk
ScriptLance.com Custom Freelance Programming. Outsource web projects to programmers and designers.
You should be able to find some decent client on these websites. Earn some money then invest it.
Good Luck
Custom Web Design and Programming. Freelance Programmers. Outsource Web Development Outsourcing
Guru.com ? Find freelancers at the world?s largest online service marketplace.
Elance | Connect with Qualified Professionals
Outsource to Freelancers, IT Companies, Programmers, Web Designers from India, Russia, USA, and more - oDesk
ScriptLance.com Custom Freelance Programming. Outsource web projects to programmers and designers.
You should be able to find some decent client on these websites. Earn some money then invest it.
Good Luck
I disagree quit your job if you can't take it anymore. If you do not have anyone but yourself to worry about you will always survive.
The first day of "unemployment" I got a call from someone who stumbled across one of my sites asking for consulting service.
Things just seem to work out, just have faith and go for it.
I know some of you will think I am crazy but if a job is sucking away at your soul and leaves you no time to pursue something else, I rather go into debt than put up with BS.
Go big or go home.
The first day of "unemployment" I got a call from someone who stumbled across one of my sites asking for consulting service.
Things just seem to work out, just have faith and go for it.
I know some of you will think I am crazy but if a job is sucking away at your soul and leaves you no time to pursue something else, I rather go into debt than put up with BS.
Go big or go home.
I concur. Still living at home. Making little more than £5 an hour (shit, I wouldn't even get out of bed for that). Now's the time. If you don't do it, you'll always be looking back wondering "what if?". Go for it!
Look at all the honest, detailed responses to the OP's question.
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I would have to say that my experience is opposite of most of the conventional ( and it disappoints me that so many here have such a conventional way of thinking despite the obvious exceptions, but I appreciate their viewpoints.) advice.
I found that as long as I was doing anything halfway, I never had the time or real motivation to make it on my own. I had to make My Own Life my full-time job. Working fulltime for someone else, to me, is just giving your life away. Though I do have to say IMHO MOST people are really not cut-out for self-ownership, unfortunately. But if it's for you it might require a full-time commitment.
I don't want my unique personal experience to be The Answer for anyone else. It's probably not. I think and function in a different way than most people, though I'm sure a lot of experiences are common. I know that personally working a shit job wore me down to the point I barely had any time or motivation to work for myself. And a high-paying "career" job was worse- as far as allowing complacency to creep in and a general conformist mindset. For years I had a job, ran multiple things on the side, went to school ( to hopefully get a "real" job when really I did not want a job at all), and the combination of all that held me back bigtime. As long as I had several fallbacks all I did was fall back.
I have made several "leaps" during my life and was glad to burn some bridges. I have lost it all, gone out of business,etc. And I have never regretted any of it. If I had either done what people expected me to or what I was comfortable doing, I would regret that.
Now I am married and have 2 kids and 6 pets. I am responsible for them all. And I still take the risks worth taking. being in this situation may require more contemplation, but if I were a young and with little obligation it would be a no brainer. I try to keep my lifestyle and expenses to a point that it would never be a problem to lose money or get by with any shit job. The shit jobs will always be there. educational opportunities are always there,etc. But sometimes it's worth actually trying to do something you want to do and not worry about conventional people, 95% of whom are boring and vacuous.
I found that as long as I was doing anything halfway, I never had the time or real motivation to make it on my own. I had to make My Own Life my full-time job. Working fulltime for someone else, to me, is just giving your life away. Though I do have to say IMHO MOST people are really not cut-out for self-ownership, unfortunately. But if it's for you it might require a full-time commitment.
I don't want my unique personal experience to be The Answer for anyone else. It's probably not. I think and function in a different way than most people, though I'm sure a lot of experiences are common. I know that personally working a shit job wore me down to the point I barely had any time or motivation to work for myself. And a high-paying "career" job was worse- as far as allowing complacency to creep in and a general conformist mindset. For years I had a job, ran multiple things on the side, went to school ( to hopefully get a "real" job when really I did not want a job at all), and the combination of all that held me back bigtime. As long as I had several fallbacks all I did was fall back.
I have made several "leaps" during my life and was glad to burn some bridges. I have lost it all, gone out of business,etc. And I have never regretted any of it. If I had either done what people expected me to or what I was comfortable doing, I would regret that.
Now I am married and have 2 kids and 6 pets. I am responsible for them all. And I still take the risks worth taking. being in this situation may require more contemplation, but if I were a young and with little obligation it would be a no brainer. I try to keep my lifestyle and expenses to a point that it would never be a problem to lose money or get by with any shit job. The shit jobs will always be there. educational opportunities are always there,etc. But sometimes it's worth actually trying to do something you want to do and not worry about conventional people, 95% of whom are boring and vacuous.
gluck if u decide to pull the trigger my friend, thats all...i jux came for the beer and the gratuitous boobies.
I am at the EXACT same crossroads right now, however I have a wife and two kids that plays just a tiny factor in me quitting my day job. My job has worn me down to the point where I just hate getting out of bed on weekdays. I tell myself how much "I hate this fucking place" every morning when walking to my desk. The place drains every last bit of energy out of me. Yet I'm still there (for the past 10 years as as a corporate whore), but this year is my year to make a move. Learning IM a year ago has given me the hope to do something else that I really enjoy, and I've matched my income in 2008 by doing IM part time.
As JohnCJackson said, risks are worth taking. I was speaking to someone else about this, and they said if you quit your job and try IM and fail, then go get another fucking job. It's not rocketscience with making that decision. That is unless you are in such an obscure industry that finding another job is virtually impossible. But that's my plan, quit when I get this year's bonus (in March) and give full time IM a go for a couple months. If shit don't pan out, then I'll go pound the pavement real hard to get another job. But I'm pretty fuckin sure this is gonna work out as I bust my ass doing IM with every spare minute I get, and I've learned shitloads (well nothing compared to most of you on here) in my spare time. I'm lookin forward to learning more and maken teh fucken moniez.
Best of luck to ya dude, believe in yourself.
As JohnCJackson said, risks are worth taking. I was speaking to someone else about this, and they said if you quit your job and try IM and fail, then go get another fucking job. It's not rocketscience with making that decision. That is unless you are in such an obscure industry that finding another job is virtually impossible. But that's my plan, quit when I get this year's bonus (in March) and give full time IM a go for a couple months. If shit don't pan out, then I'll go pound the pavement real hard to get another job. But I'm pretty fuckin sure this is gonna work out as I bust my ass doing IM with every spare minute I get, and I've learned shitloads (well nothing compared to most of you on here) in my spare time. I'm lookin forward to learning more and maken teh fucken moniez.
Best of luck to ya dude, believe in yourself.
Forget what everyone else says, when you think of yourself doing AM full time, how do YOU think it will go? What does your gut tell you?
If you have any hesitation whatsoever, don't do it. Save up and start part time, there's no shame in that.
But if your gut feeling is to do it, get in there balls deep and fucking do it. This is your life to lead - why waste it being mediocre?
If you have any hesitation whatsoever, don't do it. Save up and start part time, there's no shame in that.
But if your gut feeling is to do it, get in there balls deep and fucking do it. This is your life to lead - why waste it being mediocre?
Hello friend,
Is that 90,000k in US Dollars? Lakshmi most of blessed you very well. Most people do not earn the equivalent of $90 million American dollars in their entire life time and you did it your first year.
Good going bro.
I was going to post something like this, as that's the precise strategy I follow - however although it's worked for me, I wouldn't want to be responsible for someone else following it and tanking with it. :eek7:
I'm a great believer in getting your intention clear about what you want, creating a vacuum for it to happen, then pursuing the opportunities that come up to fill that vacuum like crazy. Hence I've never had a full time job in since I was 18 (quite some time ago).
Having thought about this some more, the first thing to ask yourself is "what's the worst thing that can happen? can i live with it?"
I'm guessing in your situation, the worst thing that can happen is you have to eat humble pie and go cap in hand to your parents asking for some cash, because your venture didn't work out.
Believe it or not, fear of looking stupid to other people if they fail is one of the top things that stops people taking risks and living the life they should do. Get over it now.
The only caveat I would add is make sure you have a clear goals, and plan which includes actions you will take, and somebody to regularly kick your ass when you're letting things slip. I know a fair few talented people who went freelance, only to fail and go back to employment because they ended up sitting in their underpants all day watching their bank balance go down. I've been there myself - although I didn't go back to employment because I know nobody with any sense would hire me.
EDIT - I also agree with 7figures. Learning to trust your gut is right up their with getting over your fear of failure in 'things you'll need to make it in business'.
Same here, I have finally got the green light from my gf to go fulltime. But I need to have only ONE more profitable campaign to feel safe. Only fucking one more...
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