arobinson04
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- Jul 7, 2013
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I'm thinking about quitting my job.
Actually, I'm DYING to quit my job. But I'm scared. I'm very scared. I'm scared that I won't have enough money to survive.
I'm 23 years old, I have a 6 year old son (yes, I was 17 when he was born). He spends half his time with me, the other half with his mom. I'm a full time college student entering my last year of school (majoring in entrepreneurship and small business management).
And I want to work for myself. I'm so tired of working these weak a$$ jobs. Retail, an office gig, it doesn't matter. I start off with a little excitement, but after a while, I burn out. I lasted 9 months at last job before they fired me for not showing up.
I've been at my current job like 3 months, and I'm going crazy. I'm spending less time with my son, less time working on things that I care about. I'm losing my mind. Like literally. I feel like I'm wasting so much of my life. I'm here 8 hours a day, plus 45 minute drive each way. I can't stand it.
The Financials
The job pays me $13 an hour, I work 40 hours a week. (That'll drop down to about 30 once school starts in a month)
My rent is covered through my financial aid (thank god) so even if I quit, I know I'll have a roof over my head.
But my other expenses, car, utilities, transportation, I'd need to make $2,000 per month.
$2,000 per month. I know it's not a lot of money, but I haven't been able to get anywhere near that number from own business.
My Business Prospects
Speaking of, right now I run a blog in the personal development niche. I started it in the spring of 2013. I've had some small successes here and there, ($100 from some course sales on month, $200 from a coaching package) but that's all I have. Nothing consistent. Nothing substantial.
I've got an email list of about 1,200 people.
My plan is to grow my blog into a full blown business. But that takes time. Time my sanity doesn't have.
Some other skills I'm thinking of leveraging to produce income as a scale my blog.
What do you guys think? Should I quit? I know, it's hard to say. But I'm hoping some of you have been in a similar situation before. I just need some guidance.
My mom doesn't understand. My girlfriend doesn't understand. Nobody understands.
Anything you guys can share is much appreciated. (I'm typing this from my computer at work. The irony)
Actually, I'm DYING to quit my job. But I'm scared. I'm very scared. I'm scared that I won't have enough money to survive.
I'm 23 years old, I have a 6 year old son (yes, I was 17 when he was born). He spends half his time with me, the other half with his mom. I'm a full time college student entering my last year of school (majoring in entrepreneurship and small business management).
And I want to work for myself. I'm so tired of working these weak a$$ jobs. Retail, an office gig, it doesn't matter. I start off with a little excitement, but after a while, I burn out. I lasted 9 months at last job before they fired me for not showing up.
I've been at my current job like 3 months, and I'm going crazy. I'm spending less time with my son, less time working on things that I care about. I'm losing my mind. Like literally. I feel like I'm wasting so much of my life. I'm here 8 hours a day, plus 45 minute drive each way. I can't stand it.
The Financials
The job pays me $13 an hour, I work 40 hours a week. (That'll drop down to about 30 once school starts in a month)
My rent is covered through my financial aid (thank god) so even if I quit, I know I'll have a roof over my head.
But my other expenses, car, utilities, transportation, I'd need to make $2,000 per month.
$2,000 per month. I know it's not a lot of money, but I haven't been able to get anywhere near that number from own business.
My Business Prospects
Speaking of, right now I run a blog in the personal development niche. I started it in the spring of 2013. I've had some small successes here and there, ($100 from some course sales on month, $200 from a coaching package) but that's all I have. Nothing consistent. Nothing substantial.
I've got an email list of about 1,200 people.
My plan is to grow my blog into a full blown business. But that takes time. Time my sanity doesn't have.
Some other skills I'm thinking of leveraging to produce income as a scale my blog.
- Tutoring - I've used tutoring as a side hustle to bring in money. At my peak I was making about $200+ a week.
- Wordpress Sites - I can throw together a pretty good wordpress site. I've been thinking of reaching out to businesses with shitty, 1.0 websites and seeing if I can give them a wordpress site.
What do you guys think? Should I quit? I know, it's hard to say. But I'm hoping some of you have been in a similar situation before. I just need some guidance.
My mom doesn't understand. My girlfriend doesn't understand. Nobody understands.
Anything you guys can share is much appreciated. (I'm typing this from my computer at work. The irony)
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