How I Earned My Freedom and Quit My Job
Steven Lohrenz
Recently my online business has started making enough money to
enable me to leave my job and strike out entirely on my own. I have
had to work hard to be able to get to this point, but I attribute my
ability to leave my job to the 3 things below (they're things you can
do too):
1. Low overhead lifestyle. My wife and I have managed to
reduce our expenses to the barest of minimums. We've managed to reduce
our rent and utilities to zero. Our insurance, petrol and groceries
are our largest expenses now and they come in under a grand. It
doesn't take much sales from our business in order to cover those bare
necessities. Now we are just looking for products that are base hits
instead of home runs. Look to reduce by following the 1 time downside
(ie moving) with ongoing upsides (1/2 to 1/4 the cost in rent). Avoid
doing things with the opposite costs. Avoid clipping coupons because
they incur an ongoing downside with a once off upside.
2. Skill Learning Time. I didn't know everything I needed to know about
building an online business, so I gave myself a few hours each day in
the lead up to going out on my own. I cut out TV and sleeping in to
give me this time without sacrificing work, exercise and family time.
Those couple of hours a day were the difference between confidently
venturing forth and being scared of the future.
3. Have a backup plan in place. I made sure I
didn't burn any bridges and did my work until the very last day of my
job, just to make sure I'm welcome back. My backup plan is very
simple. Go back to my former employer and contract with them for 3-6
months. The money I make during that time is enough to tide me over
for an entire year. Find something you could do in order to make ends
meet if things don't go as well as you hope. Keep it close to you to
give yourself the courage to strike out on your own.
So that's it. 3 things I did to move me to the point where I am
completely comfortable being out on my own. They aren't difficult, but
they may be emotionally hard, especially if you are attached to an
area or are really addicted to TV. It's something that needs to be
overcome on the path to your success, so I suggest you start working
on each of them today.
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