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Quitting your job can be one of the most rejuvenating experiences in your life. I personally quit my job at the end of May to do the work that I do online, full time, and to try my hand at it while I still had the freedom to do so.

Quitting your job isn’t something that you should do on an impulse, however. You should calculate it out, talk with family, friends, and then determine what is best for you in the long run. Some people aren’t cut out to be their own boss, the independence and the pressure of gathering clients, and making money can be too much to bare for some people. Those people are better off staying to work for someone else, until they are comfortable holding their entire life in their hands (financially).

It is very difficult to make your first livable wage online, I am not going to lie. I am in the situation where I have some room to breathe as I am still a student in university. IT is a whole different ballgame when you have a family to feed, bills to pay, and a home to provide for.

The first thing you need to do is to start slowly. Start working 1 hour per day after (or preferably before) work each day. Take that time to get started in what you want to do. If you want to be a copywriter start trying to get some small paying jobs and bring in $10-20 per hour for that hour you are working. If you make $10 per day for 6 days a week, that is $240 per month, or an additional $2880 per year. Now you can see where things are going. That is a vacation for the family for a week (or two) or almost a car payment for a new (used car).

Once you start getting into your business a little more you can start to transition. I wouldn’t recommend quitting your job unless you can make 65% of your normal income out of the gate the day after you quit your job. Especially if you need to support a family.

By taking things slow, you have a better chance of making errors early (when you are still employed) rather than making them when it could be a big deal for you or your family. Start out working 7-10 per week on your internet business and then take it from there, good luck!

One of the most overlooked aspects of working online is hiring a contractor.

Let’s face it, not everyone can do everything online, and if they think they can they are joking themselves or they are taking way to much time to get work done because they are having to learn/struggle with every single aspect of web design, article writing, SEO, or some other area that is outside their expertise and they are spending way to much time on tasks that they are having to learn as they go or just take them a long time because of inexperience.

My niche is article writing. I was never found of writing in school, but I learned very quickly online that I was meant for it. I can write decently fast, not 90 words per minute, but I am able to get my ideas down on the “paper” as fast as I can think of them. I learned that when writing about subjects I enjoy I can write almost all day about them, hence why I write only on my niches I like to work on.

It could be different for you, maybe you love SEO, and playing the search engine game. That’s fine, it’s great even. Or maybe you are an awesome designer and just love creating useful art for websites, etc.

Whatever you do almost can be utilized online, however trying to learn everything else can be a mistake.

If you are a great web designer, why not hire a great copywriter to help you sell your services to potential clients instead of struggling to create website content to showcase your work?

If you are an SEO expert throw up a WordPress blog and hire a designer to create you a temple to showcase your SEO skills.

For me, as an article writer I am a bit SEO (but not all the way) with my keyword density, but I could hire both an SEO expert to get my on page SEO down and a designer to create my website for which I write.

Instead of trying to do things halfway, it is a lot easier and will save you a lot of time by simply hiring an outsourcer to do the work for you. Don’t be afraid to spend a little bit of money, because if the contractor is worth their weight, they will provide you with returns long after the work is completed.