Freelance Tips: Should You Quit Your Job?

There comes a time in everyone's life when they think that their job sucks, and that they really cannot spend even another day in their job.  During these times, they look at the various options they have, so that they can try their luck at them - one of them being freelancing, or working from home.  If you are at a situation in your professional life where you are being offered a plump work at home opportunity, you should definitely keep these aspects in mind. 

Be a Good Ten Years into a Profession to Quit: 

There is something known as quitting a job when you are the peak, and if you have spent a good ten years into your profession, or your job, you would be ready to get onto the next step, that is going solo. With ten years of experience, you are at a very good position to quit your day job and get begin your freelance or consulting career.

Don't Quit Before 2 Years:

Two years is just the minimum time that you would have to spend in a business and profession to understand the intricacies and what it all about. Also, if you are trying to work from home or even start a small business in the same profession, you would require a bulky portfolio, which would take at least five years to make. 

How Many Bridges Have You Burnt?

It's ok. We all have had jobs where we would never want to go back and bosses whom we secretly fantasise of when we see a horror/slasher movie. But we also have to understand that we will always need a back up plan, if something goes haywire in our current scenario. Therefore, consider how many doorways to safety you have, if your freelancing opportunity does not work. If the situation looks glum, you should stay put in your job for a while more. 

Are you getting Burnt Out in a Dead End Job?

There are several cases where you have taken up a job because your financial condition was bad, but the job did nothing to either use your talents, nor did it give you a chance to enhance your professional skills. Whenever you find yourself in such a  situation, make sure that you get out of whatever muck you are and get a real job immediately.