How to Decide to Quit Your Day Job

Video Transcript

"So you just found your true path in life and you're tired of working day to day. My name is Wade Childress with the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast and I'm here to help you decide how to, how to decide if you want to quit your day job. One thing to think about is you've got this new thing, it's exciting, it's wonderful, but is it sustainable? Can you do it for the next ten years? Is it going to make you any money? What you might think about first is trying it out on the side, do it at the night time. Do it on the weekend. Keep your day job for a little while longer. You've got money coming in, you've got benefits, you've got bills to pay, you might have a family to take care. Think about this things. Have you got a savings account? Have you started saving money to give you a good you a cushion. It's good thing sometimes to have three to six months savings, that way if you decide to move on to something else, you do have a buffer, you've got a cushion to deal with. When you're doing other things, do some research. Check it out, talk to other people that are in the field, ask them what it's like. Is it sustainable? Can you do it from day to day? Is it a flash in the pan? A lot of questions that you need to be asking. But if you're really excited about it, go for it. Try it out, see where you go. Look into it, investigate it, try it for a little while and if you think you can do it, make sure you've got some money in the savings account, take care of your benefits, if you've got health insurance concerns, get those taken cared of and go for it. Nothing could be more exciting. My name is Wade Childress from the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, good luck, go for it."