#2 Not having a backup plan is the backup plan ![]() The end is the same, doing something that makes you happy. Some people just do it the traditional way others like me go down a more unconventional path. You can earn money – and respect – in whatever you do, and it doesn’t have to be in an office setting. Some days, friends still ask if I am looking for a job! Which begs me to ask this question: Why the focus on having a title? Do I need to have a job title to give myself purpose? Am I not good enough if I don’t belong to an organisation?Īfter going at it solo for a long time, I’ve realised the answer to all that is no. When I left my job to be a freelancer, I had to explain to a lot of people why I would do such a thing, especially when I was in a solid position. Sure, you can be an editor or a senior executive… but all that does not define you as a person. #1 That your role in a company does not define you Yes, it’s impulsive and made my parents worried for a long time but it opened up my eyes and mind to this thing called a career. Maybe it was just a case of wrong company fit so at least giving another go would have been the right thing to do.Īt the same time, taking this terrifying leap of faith was one of the most exciting – and rewarding – thing I’ve done for my career so far. The only regret I had about quitting without a backup plan is to give full-time work one more proper go. While I am not encouraging you to do the same but at the same time, if you know in your gut that you’re not in the right place (like I did), sometimes the only thing to do is quit. But luckily with the right skills, I managed to maintain my freelancing business even till today. Should I have at least secured a few interviews and checked out the job market before quitting? Probably. Looking back, going from having a job to nothing at all probably wasn’t the smartest thing. Plus, I had absolutely zero clue how I was going to go freelance with no experience doing it at all. Well, something did…but that lasted only for three months before I realised that the culture wasn’t right for me.īut now, I didn’t have the comfort and security of a traditional full-time job to help me with the bills. I was going to go freelance until something else came along. It felt pretty bad ass at that time, to go at it guns loaded thinking that somehow everything will fall into place. Nope, I just wrote my letter, served my noticed, and that was that. I didn’t apply for any jobs, go for an interviews or even put it out there that I was looking for something. Problem was I didn’t have any backup plan. What started as a great job ended up being something that was a routine, mundane and stressful at the same time.īy the end of it, I dreaded going to work. ![]() Plus, I didn’t feel like I was growing in terms of my career because I was busy dealing with deadlines and nothing else. I was working for a media company and while the job role was great (editor of a magazine) but the perks weren’t exactly cutting it for me, not with the amount of work I was putting in. you know deep down inside that where you are right now is not the place for you so no point staying on.Ĭue to a few years back… and that was me. you really can’t stand your current work and want to leave right now, and B. Especially now when things aren’t so good on the employment front with people losing their jobs, graduates not being able to find work, salary cuts and what nots.īut what if you don’t exactly have a plan because A. ![]() Everyone tells you that you need to have a backup first before you quit your job.
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