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This is Question 3 of my 10 part series on 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Becoming a Full Time Freelancer.
Your day job will likely come with a fixed income wage. Freelancing doesn't. And there's no guarantee that you will go on to earn enough money to replace your full time or even part time job with. Each month could be different in the amount you earn and you may find it tough to find new clients to work for. Plus as a newbie rookie freelancer, you will have to build up a clients list over time, people that regularly buy from you.
But this can take time and you'll still have to find new clients all the time. So you need to think about this and ask yourself if there is any risk quitting your job and going into freelancing full time instead? Especially if you don't know much about it and about getting new clients to work for and get hired by!
It really all depends on several things and situations. If you're young and live at home still and don't have to pay rent or have other bills. Well if you are then chances are you don't have a job! But for those that do have a job and don't have many responsibilities, they should decide if it's worth quitting their job for. But for those that do have to pay rent and bills and have other responsibilities and say for those that have children, then it could be a risk to you quitting your job for it straight away. So you'd have to ask, would it be a big risk to your family and is it something I can reasonably do and succeed in and make the best decision for you and your family.
Of course, you can still learn about freelancing and slowly become one whilst you are working. But this may mean working a lot on the evenings and staying up late at nights and not getting as much sleep. And if you manage it like that and don't know when to switch off and get enough sleep, you'll get burned out fast too! Your day job/work will suffer as much as your freelance learning/work in the evening will too!
So one should practice some good management when it comes to that and make sure to know how to juggle working full time with part time freelancing. Until you have learned the skills required to go on to become a successful freelancer and know how to get new clients and sales and make money guaranteed provided you do work on it. Then eventually when you start to feel confident in yourself, in your skills, abilities and are confident that you can earn enough money with it to quit your demeaning job and start living as an independent and up and coming freelancer / brand name!
So you have to ask yourself; can I afford to quit my regular job?
And do I have the skills/avenues to do so?
What about you? Did you take the plunge and quite your regular day job to become a freelancer? Or did you learn to become one while still working before you quit?
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Cristian
Well, the answer is: No.
I had my share of full time freelancing and it's not for me. I prefer doing it on the site when I get the free time but that's pretty much it.
I've found a great day job that I actually enjoy a lot, love the fact that I work in an office with other people, I learn a lot everyday because of that, helps me evolve on a professional level as freelancing would never ever do.
It's rock solid job I can probably have for years on the future, so why quit something good? I currently earn a lot more from freelancing than I do from my day job. In fact is close to double. I know I have the skills to make it on my own long term as a freelancer, I did it before for a couple of years. Do you think I should quit my day job? Well, the answer is: No. I had my share of full time freelancing and it's not for me. I prefer doing it on the site when I get the free time but that's pretty much it. I've found a great day job that I actually enjoy a lot, love the fact that I work in an office with other people, I learn a lot everyday because of that, helps me evolve on a professional level as freelancing would never ever do. It's rock solid job I can probably have for years on the future, so why quit something good?
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