When Do You Think It's Time To Quit Your Job And To Start Working Full Time As A Freelancer?

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December 6, 2016, 12:01 am

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When Do You Think It's Time To Quit Your Job And To Start Working Full Time As A Freelancer?

When Do You Think It

Dear Freelancers. Full time, part time and for all of you who's working extra online to make some extra pocket money..

- When do you think you should quit your 9-5 job and become a full time freelancer?

For me, the answer was actually rather easy. I started out online in the same way as most others. I was searching for a way to fill my pockets with some extra money.

Nothing much for starters. A few dollars would've been nice.

I don't think I've published anything similar before, even though it actually feels like I've been telling this story before.. - Anyhow, I hope you haven't heard this exact thing at least, and I hope we'll be able to touch on new grounds with this one.

At some point, I realized that I was actually good at doing what I did, and shortly, I also noticed that the few extra dollars I was looking for.. They came, but all these dollars were rushing their way into my pockets.. Like a flood.

- During the same time. I lost my job.

So it was never a choice for me really. I just decided to continue doing what I did and I decided to stop looking for another 9-5 job.

Do I regret my decision? - Yes I do. In fact, probably a handful of times per month.
Do I regret that I didn't get a 9-5 job again? - No. Not in a million years.

Listen, guys, Freelancing ain't easy. It's easy to become a freelancer but it's harder to stay as one. It takes tons of effort. Endless of work hours. You're your own boss. You are the one to blame if you can't make enough money to pay your bills in the long run.

You can't point fingers towards a colleague and tell them that this is their fault. None of that exist in this world. Not like that at all. - You are alone and you work for yourself.

Anyhow, some people doesn't dare to quit their 9-5 jobs and others seems to do it as soon as they've made an easy $1000 month online..

When would you quit your 9-5 job? - When did you quit your 9-5 job? - Do you regret it?

Best Regards,
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Lynne

Lynne

Nice topic Andre. I agree with you that freelancing is not easy. I am not sure if I am classified as a freelancer though? I am not exactly a seller here, yes I sell some services sure.. but this is not my main income by a long shot at all.

I am a blogger. I like the fact that I can't point fingers at anyone else when I make a mess of something because you know what? I do the job better than anyone else would. I was so sick and tired of other people messing me around, or putting all my hard work to line someone else's pockets.

Yes I work really hard, but everything I do is for me alone.

8 years ago

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EliteWriter

EliteWriter

Being a freelancer is not easy at all. It is as if you are your own boss, and you are running your own business, but it takes more effort to a certain extent as you will need to consider whether you are going to do this only, or along with another job. In many cases people work as freelancers on a part time basis, as they prefer to have a job that they can rely on in case they do not manage to make enough money from freelancing. And in my opinion this is the most feasible and safest option, especially if you are the breadwinner of a family.

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augusta

augusta

Nothing in life is ever easy,so what I do is to work even more as a full time freelancer. Some people tend to want to be lazy when freelancing and that when their failure starts.Being a Boss needs more work to stay afloat.

7 years ago

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anwebservices

anwebservices

I was working 9-5 jobs, working for someone else. On some occasions i was working some jobs which i really liked, but most of the time, not as i liked, so i was always loved idea of becoming self employed in some way and i started self employment long time ago. I had many ups and even more downs in beginning but i was always managing to stand up and find my peace of mind because i wasn't pushed by anyone else to do something that's not "my way". i always felt positive about my ideas and ways to work, even when i was wrong, i was finding way out to success. Sometime easy sometime hard way.
So after i was running few real businesses, i was not afraid to start my online freelancing business, use my experience and have my peace of mind.
It's true that freelancing is not easy and it takes a lot of time and work to make some money, but believe me, running your own business like coffee shop, lawn moving, brick layer or anything else, having more troubles to run, because of too many regulations coming up each year...
Freelancing is stressful and exhausting sometime, but whenever i compare my previous experience as business owner, it's more relaxing then work for someone else or to own other kind of business...

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Cristian

Cristian

I actually have a day job related to SEO and online marketing and let me tell you when and how exactly I will quit.
I have a lot on my plate right now, working a lot both at my 9-5 job but also freelancing everyday to earn that little extra I need.

Me and my wife want to start a family soon and we currently need the stability and the 9-5 job is a great safety net, no matter what happens with my clients online I have the real job to back me off with a fix monthly salary. Then again if anything happens with my job I have my freelance thing as a safety net.

I don't like putting my eggs into one basket, I always have plans and alternatives ready to be activated in case of trouble.

So when would I quit and become a full-time freelance again? Well maybe in about 2-3 years. There is still a lot to learn in an office and I still need to build my own projects and someday evolve them into a real business.

Then again, it depends on what kind of opportunities will come my way, as I said I keep my eggs in a lot of baskets and a good opportunity may be just around the corner. Maybe I'll find a great client to work full time for, maybe I'll develop my own business, maybe I'll build and earn from my own websites, maybe I'll be a partner in some local business, whatever the case full-time freelance can still be a thing for me, it just needs to be a good enough "opportunity" to take advantage off.

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vinaya

vinaya

Since I never had 9-5 job and I started my career by becoming a freelance writer, I don' know any benefits of a regular job. When I left university I had two choices: to join the the job market just like my friends, or continue freelancing. I chose the later. It had been 10 years and I have never regretted my decision. Some of my friends who have a regular job, have bought their own house and have a fat bank balance. However, I don't envy them. In fact, I feel pity that they have no freedom. A friend of mine could not be with his wife when she was delivering their child because he was in an important meeting with a client. This is one of the sad things to happen in someone's life.

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Barida

Barida

For me, I am going to quit my offline job and become a full-time freelancer, if I discover that I'm getting tons of jobs as well as connections from my freelancing work. I mean it is going to be difficult for me to combine both the act of freelancing and offline duties when I start to make it big on the internet. So, it is better to quit my physical job then and focus on building my online presence.

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Corzhens

Corzhens

This is a difficult topic to answer because right now, I don't see myself as a real freelancer. Maybe you can consider me a newbie with meager earnings. And if I leave my job now, I would surely go hungry. However, I am not discounting the fact that I would be earning more in the future. And I can quit my offline job if I can earn a guaranteed monthly income of $2,000 at least.

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