Quitting the day job

November 13, 2007 | By Chan Lam Seng In My dream |
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It has been my dream of able to quit my day job one day. But quitting the day job

is not easy unless you have something to fall back on. Even if you have another stream of income flowing into your life, quitting does not come just at the snap of a finger. There are a lot of factors that need to be considered. It is not an easy decision to make. Do not make decision when you are at the height of your emotional roller coastal. Emotional decision may not be a good decision and most people will regret it later in their life.

JD has penned down his experience in his blog Get Rich Slowly which I believe will help a lot of people who dream of quitting the day job. He expressed his honest feeling, the fear and anxities as well as his excitement of quitting his day job to go full time working on his sites. He built his sites on a natural progress and it came to a day when the sites demanded more of his time and he decided to go full force in building them. No doubt there were fears of trading the certainty for the uncertain future. But he was prepared for the worst case scenario just in case and he has a plan well laid out.

I have learned a lot from him and I am building my blog slowly and hopefully like him getting rich slowly and quit my day job one day in the future.

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    • 3 Comments so far

    1. lenzjo on November 16th, 2007

      Two main barriers for people going full-time are family and financial obligations. I had a comfortable job that I enjoyed but was getting tired of all the new work rules so I quit about six weeks ago. Fortunately, I didn’t have the barriers. Yes, life is harder right now, but I’m building a foundation for the future.

    2. Chan Lam Seng on November 17th, 2007

      I think not having the barriers made it easier for you to make the decision. Life maybe harder now, but I believe with your determination, success is within your reach. Wish you all the best.

    3. Randy Brown on November 25th, 2007

      I’ve been planning on quitting my job for the last year.. My ‘online’ income now regularly makes as much as my day-job and some months even more. The scariest part is losing the security that comes with the ‘real’ job - and since I only have ONE money-making site, there is always the possibility of a google-slap putting me right into the poor-house..

      My family is now virtually debt-free, and each day that goes by i get just a little bit closer to quitting that damn job.. in the meantime, i’m still just a bit too chicken…

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