So I already quit my job…. But it’s not what you think.

I quit my job around two weeks ago at a company I was at for 4 years because I was miserable. I was having anxiety attacks because of the job so I decided to quit as I’m not a person who has ever suffered from mental illness. Since I left I’ve felt great.

I’ve found a job in the same industry they offered me similar pay but the company is much different and the things that would cause my panic attacks are non existent in this new work environment.

Since I’ve been off work though I’ve been looking into ways of starting my own business. My background is B2B sales and I’ve been very successful at it so with the right concept in a business I know I can succeed with the selling piece. Somewhere i can start is by doing photography professionally as I already do this on the side and if I dedicated my time 100% to this I feel like I’ll be able to meet my salary.

My dilemma is whether or not I should just take the leap and dive into my photography business or if I should take this other job in the same industry with less hours and work on my photography until I’m 100% sure I can do this.

I have five months of expenses saved up which leaves me with a little wiggle room at least.

I hate corporate life and my dream has always been to own my own business but at this stage I feel like there’s a lot of research I still need to do and setting up before getting going.

So what would you do in my shoes?

  • teknosophy_com@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As my buddy told me when I took the leap: Dayjobs are dime a dozen. Give yourself a chance. Try it for a few months and see what happens.

    I will say, photography is great but the market is oversaturated. I’d suggest doing something where you’re rare. I do in-home tech support for seniors, and am pretty much the only one in my midsize city who does it. The calls never stop.

    • PoliticsAndWeed@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Great advice! How did you ultimately come up with that concept? Were you in IT or is tech a passion of yours? I’m always interested in hearing how people found their niche as I find this to be one of the trickiest things starting out.