Quitting your job to follow your passion is a lot different than what people describe. In this video, I show the not so glamorous side of trying to make it on your own.




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00:00 I Quit A Year Ago
01:35 It Is Extremely Hard To Make It On Your Own
03:47 You Enter A World Of Uncertainty
06:33 Your Work Becomes Your Life
08:52 This Uncertain Path Is 100% Worth It



Many people have the dream of quitting their job to pursue their own passion in life; however, very few people actually do it. I can boldly say that I am among the the few that has actually quit their job to try to make it on my own. In this past year, I have learned that the concept of quitting your job to follow your passion is a lot different than how most people imagine. In this video, I share four different lessons I have learned this past year from quitting my job and trying to make it on my own.

1. It Is Extremely Hard To Make It On Your Own

Although being an employee of a company isn't always enjoyable, there are many benefits of working as an employee for a company like a predictable paycheck, a set schedule, a defined role, benefits, and your employer takes out your taxes. All of these benefits make you not have to worry about so many things besides doing your job. Whereas, when you become selfemployed, income becomes unpredictable, you're always working, you have no guidance, you have to figure out your own benefits, and you need help from an accountant. If you decide to pursue your own path, you are putting a bunch of extra pressures on yourself that make your work harder.

2. You Enter A World Of Uncertainty

When you decide to quit your job, you enter this world of uncertainty where you can't plan out your life as much. The future becomes more unknown so you have to put certain life moves on hold, the future of your career isn't clear, and you generally can't think in the future. Living in such an uncertain world can be scary as you never know what is going to happen and many people could probably not handle living with this amount of uncertainty. If you decide to pursue your own path, you enter a very uncertain world.

3. Your Work Becomes Your Life

If you want to build something on your own, there has to be this component of obsession in order to succeed. You can't come in with the mindset of just wanting to try things out and see what happens, but you really have to be ambitious and motivated in order to have a 1% chance of it working out. It will only work if you take the steps to make it work. And when you live with this attitude, your work and your life become intertwined, which comes with many sacrifices. If you decide to pursue your own path, work becomes a huge part of your life and for many people, the sacrifices might not be worth it.

4. This Uncertain Path Is 100% Worth It

This past year of being self employed has been difficult full of many challenges and a lot of learning. And although it has been difficult, the experience has made me a stronger, bolder person. When you choose to take a chance and pursue your own path, you end up challenging yourself and learning things that you can only learn if you put yourself in a sink or swim situation. If you are considering quitting your job to pursue your own thing, there are many things to consider. It isn't as glamorous as many people describe. In my experience, however, it has been 100% worth it.

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