When I quit my day job and came home to work full time, the most common response I heard from my coworkers and friends was, “You’re so lucky.”
As if I’d won the lottery.
I’ve got news for you. Luck had nothing to do with it.
I spent two years working 40+ hours per week and coming home every night to eat dinner in front of the computer so I could work some more. I funneled every spare dime into debts so we could reduce our expenses. We didn’t go on vacation (too busy working), we didn’t remodel the kitchen, we didn’t buy a new car. Instead, we saved money so we could withstand the income ups and downs of freelancing.
When the opportunity came along to get out of the corporate world, I was financially and emotionally ready, and I knew – from years of experience – that I had the self-discipline to actually do the work, even when no one was watching.
I’m not lucky.
And if you’re counting on luck to get you out of the corporate world and into your fuzzy slippers seven days a week, you’re going to wait a long time.
Luck has nothing to do with business. Work does. If you really want to leave the day job behind, then get to work. That’s the only way it’s going to happen.
What are you doing right now to help make the switch from day job to work at home life? Are you depending on blind luck or are you working at it? Let me know in the comments.
