So I quit my job, left for a higher-paying job, achieved my highest ever income, and then I left again. This video is about the entire journey and what I learned along the way. I've always dreamed about being my own boss. I'm immunocompromised; unlike when you have

a cough or a fever, my illnesses are invisible, which means that it's very hard for me to prove that I'm really sick. This is why I'm so determined to have freedom over my own time. If you're thinking of getting a job right now, I

recommend three things: If the thought of having an unstable income after quitting a job already gives you anxiety, save up enough runway before you quit, or start exploring freelancing or side gigs so that you could build up your financial runway faster before you quit your job.

Have stable side income for at least eight months. This is how my Excel sheet looked like while I was planning towards that transition into self-employment. Every month, I'll track all my side income and I'll average all this income by the number of months. This will help me

determine whether my past side income earnings would be consistent enough for me to sustain myself if I were to quit my job. I still fall into the trap of wanting more money and more businesses, but when I focus on what truly matters to me, I'm less likely to fall into it again. When

you get more businesses, it means that you're more busy unless you hire someone or delegate this task to someone else. Again, decide how much income every month is enough for you. Chasing more money isn't the answer. When you're an employee, your company covers expenses.

like design tools, books, and even your laptop. As a business owner, this is on us. Before I officially left my job, I registered a company in Malaysia one year before I quit. I started managing my schedule as if I were already running my own business. This mindset is really

important to prepare ourselves mentally and practically for this transition. Start thinking and acting like a business owner and not just an employee. I still remember the day when I finally submitted my resignation letter. While there was thrill, excitement, happiness, and joy inside me, I was afraid

of what might happen. What if I regretted this decision and went back to being a full-time employee? What would people think of me? And all these self-limiting thoughts came creeping in. I want to talk about those early days of being my own boss; how it's like my calendar is

empty again. I'm fully in control of my own time. No more random messages like, "Oh, can I pick your brain?" or "Can we hop on a quick call?" for something that could have been a message or an email. It's pure peace, and I no longer dread Mondays. When I'm sick, I

don't feel guilty anymore because I can take the day off whenever I want. And since I no longer need to check company messages all day, it's easier for me to focus because there are no interruptions and less context switching. However, after quitting my job, time passed by

really quickly. When you're working in a full-time job, your manager might give you hard deadlines, and you have other priorities to juggle. Without those things, I took things slowly and at my own pace. Tasks that usually take three days to complete would take me a week or

even longer because no one was pressuring me. I wasn't 100% focused, and that could be a problem. Even before quitting a job, set a strict routine on what you plan to do if you were to create a job, so that when you actually do that,

you won't go around mindlessly doing things that you never planned to do. Decide what time you want to wake up, go to sleep, and what daily routines you want to incorporate. Set break times and cut-off times for fun and relaxation before you go to sleep. Decide what you need to

complete by tomorrow, so the next day when you get to work you have a clear intention on how you want to structure a day to tackle those tasks. After you quit your job and become self-employed, is there still work-life balance? Sometimes I take a complete break for 2 weeks

without doing any work at all. Other times I work through weekends, like day and night, for a client project or a YouTube video. And I think this balance of rest and intense work periods is a normal and natural process. If you want a strict work-life balance, it's possible,

should I be a solo business owner or should I hire a team? Here are the key points that I kind of considered: Ask yourself what kind of lifestyle aligns with your values. You want to know if you prefer working alone or in a team.

If you have a team, you also need to ensure that everyone's being paid fairly and consistently. And not everyone wants the responsibility of hiring or managing a team; that could add up to stress. For me, I've decided I want to go solo. I'm fine working alone and do not want the

The stress of managing too many people, and hiring a big team that way, I could keep my expenses low, work from anywhere, and wake up anytime I want. As a solo business owner, I have the freedom to not worry about other people depending on me or my business. But isn't it more

scalable and sustainable if I hire a team? Isn't that better for business? Remember when we talked about deciding how much money you need to be happy? A person earning $5,000 each month might be happier and less stressed out than someone earning $100K each month.

There's no right or wrong answer here; it's up to you. Ever since I left my job, I also face self-doubt. When I go on LinkedIn, I see my ex-colleagues and friends getting promoted or moving on to better companies. I'm happy for

their achievements, but sometimes I can't help but wonder, would I have experienced the same if I stayed in my previous job? Every time these kinds of thoughts creep in, I ask myself: If a promotion and a higher salary is what I want, do I want to go back to a corporate

lifestyle? Everyone gets self-doubt once in a while, so I think it's normal to feel lost and confused sometimes. And even if you choose to be self-employed, it's not all good; there are some challenges that come with it. That's why

I made this video. And if you choose to be a full-time employee, that's also fine. A real challenge when I'm self-employed is income fluctuation. We all already expect that this is going to happen, but I realize that what I've been

Feeling this way all these years is called a scarcity mindset. This scarcity mindset makes me worry about missing out on opportunities if I say no to something. If you have a scarcity mindset like I do, you might believe that there are never enough resources, like time or money, when...

these resources are limited. Our survival instinct prioritizes our immediate needs over long-term planning, so even when I'm not in a threatening situation, my brain acts as if we're in a state of crisis. This is how I manage, and I hope this helps. I'll mentally prep myself and know

that income fluctuation is perfectly normal; there are high months and there are low months. It will happen. Each month I track and review my expenses and income in a Google Sheet. I split my expenses into personal and work, so I make sure that I don't subscribe to unnecessary stuff.

It's also important to forecast expenses in advance, like insurance bills, and allocate a specific percentage of your income for taxes. I calculate my financial runway based on my current cost of living and savings. This will help you understand how long your savings can sustain your current

lifestyle if your income were to stop today. High income doesn't matter if you don't save the money. After quitting and going all in on my own things, I became friends with other creators around the world. Find a way to meet new people. I hate to use the term 'networking,' but you

get the idea. You don't necessarily need to attend networking events; it could be something as simple as going on social media and telling someone that you appreciate their work a lot. And that's also why I believe in having a personal site: when you put out good work, people

are going to notice you, and that's how you attract like-minded people and get to know talented people like yourself.  Creating my job has also allowed me to dedicate time, focus, and energy to things that I like. I've always wanted to learn backend coding, but I

just couldn't find the time, focus, and energy to just sit down and learn about it. The best way to learn coding is always to build something, and that's why it led me to building Butter; a site where I craft free and premium icons, pixel by pixel. I spent a month diving

into these backend coding tutorials that are freely available. AI helps me to code better by giving immediate feedback as I code and helping me troubleshoot lines of code that I'm not sure about. Today, we have all these AI tools freely available to all of us; there's no excuse to say

that we don't know something. And I don't believe that AI is coming for us and taking all our jobs. I believe that we have the creative minds to think outside the box, use it to our advantage, and I guess the biggest lesson here is the

importance of focusing and dedicating the time to inch towards the little milestones that you set for yourself, day by day, little by little. Back when I was working a full-time job, there was so little energy left in me that I no longer had the time and energy to just

sit down and learn something from scratch. I believe that distractions are what stand between us and our goals; when you minimize your distractions, you maximize your growth. I want to also talk about why I took an extended 5-month break from YouTube: perfectionism got in the

Way, I didn't know what videos to make anymore. Every idea that I thought of was either not good enough, or I just worried that I didn't have any value to offer. In fact, I actually had three videos filmed and edited that got deleted eventually because I found that those videos weren't

authentic. After the break, my definition of success has evolved. I looked internally to appreciate and be grateful for the things I already have, instead of constantly chasing after things that I don't. It might sound counterproductive, like aren't you supposed to be aiming

for greater achievements? According to this goal-setting theory, the studies found that setting SMART goals helps us build confidence in actually achieving what we set out to achieve. By setting goals that are realistic, it makes us feel less overwhelmed, and therefore we are more likely to achieve those goals. So, yeah,

thank you for watching this video. I hope something in this video has helped you in some way. If you have a friend who's also experiencing these doubts, feel free to share this video with them. Let me know in the comment section what else you'd like to see next. If you enjoyed

this one, I think you'll enjoy my previous video, which I talk about how not to design a bad UI/UX. And I'll see you in that video. Bye.

700 days after quitting my job, i learnt this

Rachel How

자영업 및 초기 계획 수립을 위한 퇴사

연사는 특히 면역력이 저하된 상태로 인해 독립성과 시간 통제에 대한 열망으로 고임금 직장을 그만두고 자영업을 시작했습니다.

직장을 그만두기 전에 충분한 돈을 저축하거나 부수입을 쌓을 것을 권장합니다.

자영업으로 전환하기 전에 최소 8개월 동안 안정적인 부수입을 확보하도록 조언합니다.

부수입을 추적하여 자급자족을 위한 일관성을 평가합니다.

충분한 수입을 결정하고 더 많은 비즈니스를 원하는 함정을 피하는 것이 중요합니다.

직원과 비교하여 사업주로서의 비용에 대한 고려 사항.

퇴사하기 전에 이미 자영업자인 것처럼 회사를 등록하고 일정을 관리합니다.

자영업의 초기 시절: 자유와 도전

사직서를 제출한 후 처음 느끼는 설렘과 흥분, 그리고 두려움과 자괴감.

시간에 대한 통제권을 누리고, 더 이상 방해받지 않으며, 아플 때 죄책감을 줄일 수 있습니다.

마감일과 외부 압력 없이 시간이 빠르게 지나가면서 작업 완료 속도가 느려집니다.

생산성 유지를 위해 퇴근 전에 엄격한 루틴을 설정하는 것이 중요합니다.

업무, 휴식, 휴식 시간을 포함한 일과를 계획합니다.

일과 삶의 균형과 솔로 대 팀 비즈니스 모델

일과 삶의 균형은 완전한 휴식과 격렬한 업무가 공존하는 등 다양합니다.

개인 사업자로 남을지 팀을 고용할지 고민 중입니다.

혼자 또는 팀으로 일할 때 개인의 가치관과 선호도에 맞게 라이프스타일을 조정합니다.

공정하고 일관된 지급, 팀 관리의 스트레스, 낮은 비용 유지 등을 고려해야 합니다.

개인 비즈니스 소유자의 장점: 자유, 저렴한 비용, 유연성.

팀 채용의 확장성과 지속 가능성과 개인의 행복과 스트레스 감소를 우선시하는 것에 대해 논의합니다.

자기 의심, 수입 변동 및 희소성 사고방식

이전 동료의 업적과 자신을 비교하며 자기 의심을 경험합니다.

회사 생활로 돌아가는 것이 더 바람직한지 의문이 듭니다.

자영업에서도 자기 의심은 정상이라는 것을 인정합니다.

소득 변동에 대한 도전과 희소성 사고방식에 대한 대처.

희소성 사고방식은 놓친 기회와 제한된 자원에 대한 걱정으로 설명됩니다.

성수기와 비수기에 정신적으로 대비하여 소득 변동 관리하기

재무 관리, 네트워킹, 개인 프로젝트

비용과 수입을 추적하고, 비용을 분류하고, 예측하고, 세금을 할당할 수 있습니다.

저축의 지속 가능성을 이해하기 위한 재무 런어웨이 계산.

다른 크리에이터와의 네트워킹 및 관계 구축의 중요성.

개인 웹사이트를 사용하여 작품을 소개하고 같은 생각을 가진 사람들을 끌어모으세요.

백엔드 코딩 학습 및 웹사이트 구축과 같은 개인 프로젝트에 시간을 할애할 수 있습니다.

교훈, 휴식의 연장, 성공의 재정의

방해 요소를 최소화하여 성장을 극대화하고 학습에 필요한 시간과 에너지 부족을 극복합니다.

완벽주의와 자괴감으로 인해 5개월간 YouTube를 쉬게 된 이유.

이전에 촬영한 동영상이 진품이 아니라는 이유로 삭제하기.

성공의 정의를 외형적 성취를 쫓는 것에서 이미 가지고 있는 것에 감사하는 것으로 전환합니다.

자신감을 키우고 부담감을 줄이기 위한 현실적인 SMART 목표 설정의 중요성.