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because I'm exhausted after working 55-60 hours a week.
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</blockquote>I’ve been there. 80h weeks when you added the commute. All that for £30k/y pre tax.<br />
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I used to fall asleep to Gary Vee yelling “what do you do after your job?”<br />
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Well, I’m fu**%ing sleeping.. I need to <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><br />
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I’m not sure the reason you’re depressed, but I was because of my job.<br />
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I’m only seeing 3 main ways out of this.<br />
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1. Slowly grind a bit after work, which might take a long time to get something running.<br />
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2. Get a better job.<br />
I know you’ve mentioned you don’t want another slow lane job, but the change might be worth it.<br />
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3. Save up your monthly expenses for some months and a similar amount for starting something.<br />
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Even if you end up with small results, you can try again and again.<br />
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Number 3 is what I did.<br />
Saved up for 6 months of my expenses + some for testing my ideas.<br />
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<b>I failed</b> at replacing my income. I spent a lot of time just enjoying being free. It helped me. I failed at replacing my income, yes, but my small business was making £30/day without any more input from me.( Maybe 1h/ week)<br />
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I went back to the same job, with the same employer, and saved up the money to try again, but faster this time( because of that small £30/day)<br />
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Done the same again, and I decided to do the same type of business and try to go for the £100/ day total between businesses so I could replace my income.<br />
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Done that, and I went back to the job again. Now, at this point you might consider it counterintuitive to go back, but I decided I needed to do the same again while I can save up even more to try again.<br />
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Saved up, but this time it only took me half the time for the same amount but I went with the regular schedule so I ended up with 12 months of expenses saved.<br />
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That’s when I decided I’m never going back. The next 4 months I spent working on a project. Launched November, and I made £100k in a single month . ( black friday and other sales)<br />
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I used the money to fuel other businesses, some which have failed terribly.<br />
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I still get my £100/day from those 2 projects started while working. My living expenses never changed.<br />
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Maybe I cannot take a business to 5 figures / month at a constant rate,<br />
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But I can definitely take a business to £30/ day.<br />
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Some might laugh at my strategy. At the moment I’m fine with multiple businesses making less with low input, than 5 figures that would require more of my time.<br />
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edit: looking back, it looks pretty straightforward. It wasn’t. Especially when people are telling you £30/day is a failure. <br />
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I really wish you the best</div>
