The End Of: The JOB

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 by Aaron Brandon | News, Online Business

On Sunday, May 27th, 2007 I quit my day job.

The reason for leaving? I need to experience freedom once again. The 9-5 (or 2-10:30pm in my case) work schedule took its toll on me. I knew it would after a while. I can’t seem to work more than 6-8 months without getting bored of what I’m doing.

Some of course will argue that I won’t have enough money to live now - and that I’ll have to just get another job once I’m out of money. No, not this guy. I’m going to be taking serious action to make sure I stay out of that day job BS once and for all.

I know my action plan now, and will follow it.

I do have a disclaimer though, for anyone else thinking about doing such a thing. Before leaving your day job for good, you need to think about the worst case scenario. What will happen if I can no longer afford to pay my bills after several months? What will happen if my internet business doesn’t make enough money? All of this should be planned out before hand.

Many think about the worst case scenario the wrong way. Some will think they’ll just end up in a homeless shelter. The truth is, most of them would likely end up in a friend or relatives household for a set time. Maybe you’ll even end up charging some expenses to a credit card. This is
temporary, and can be easily turned around.

If you want to experience freedom, the book: “The Four Hour Work Week” By Timothy Ferriss is all you really need. I just finished reading the book last night. I know I’ll have to read it again because nobody can simply absorb every piece of information in such a short amount of time.

Need information on how to create a product? The Four Hour Work Week includes that. Want to know where to take the best vacations for a lot less than you ever imagined? Just read the book already. Its got it all.

1 Comment

  1. Hi Aaron,

    Congrats on leaving your J.O.B.!

    Very cool.

    I agree that the ‘worst case scenerio’ in Tim’s book is something everyone should think through. I did just that and have changed course because of it.

    I did the exercise to determine my worst case scenerio and was really surprised by the outcome. It’s really no big deal. Just a little change and a lot of eustress.

    Again… well done.

    -Richard Lee

    Comment by Richard Lee — May 29, 2007 at 1:31 pm

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