SaraK
Contributor
I'd like to get some feedback from the group as I keep going in circles with this dilemma that I'm in.
I find myself once again in the position of needing to find a new job, but to tell you the truth my heart's not in it. Yes, I know I need a job to pay the bills. But I'm so sick and tired of doing what I've always done and being at the mercy of employers and not appreciated (financially) for my talents.
The obvious answer is, start my own business so I can control my own income and working situation. However, my experience and advice from others says that businesses take time to build up to a point where they are profitable enough to support you to the point that you can quit your day job. So this tells me that the sensible thing to do is get a job for now, start a business on the side and work it up from there.
However, there is a part of me that says that being "sensible" is what has gotten me to the place I'm in, and that I need to open my thinking up and believe that anything is possible - even a business that is profitable right away.
So here I am with two voices inside me at war - one saying "play it safe" and the other saying "take a risk!" In the past I've listened to both voices on various occasions and gotten burned by both and helped by both. So I really don't know what to believe at this point.
This brings me to pose this question here on the Fastlane Forums to the people who would have the best perspective of what is possible:
Is it possible to create your own source of income right away, without a job? How fast can you make your own business profitable? What does it take to implement this kind of solution?
I welcome your answers and ideas.
Sara
I find myself once again in the position of needing to find a new job, but to tell you the truth my heart's not in it. Yes, I know I need a job to pay the bills. But I'm so sick and tired of doing what I've always done and being at the mercy of employers and not appreciated (financially) for my talents.
The obvious answer is, start my own business so I can control my own income and working situation. However, my experience and advice from others says that businesses take time to build up to a point where they are profitable enough to support you to the point that you can quit your day job. So this tells me that the sensible thing to do is get a job for now, start a business on the side and work it up from there.
However, there is a part of me that says that being "sensible" is what has gotten me to the place I'm in, and that I need to open my thinking up and believe that anything is possible - even a business that is profitable right away.
So here I am with two voices inside me at war - one saying "play it safe" and the other saying "take a risk!" In the past I've listened to both voices on various occasions and gotten burned by both and helped by both. So I really don't know what to believe at this point.
This brings me to pose this question here on the Fastlane Forums to the people who would have the best perspective of what is possible:
Is it possible to create your own source of income right away, without a job? How fast can you make your own business profitable? What does it take to implement this kind of solution?
I welcome your answers and ideas.
Sara
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