3/25/2023 0 Comments One day or day one![]() If it’s a firm no or even ‘no for now’, then perhaps you should take that dream off your metaphorical one-day shelf and put it in the bin. I say 2 years because that is how long it took for me to plan and execute my leap from corporate, it could take less or a bit more, but it’s a realistic time period to aim for. Saying yes means you are committing to yourself, promising yourself that you will leave your day job, and you will have that business and lifestyle you yearn for within 2 years. Just because you are saying yes, it does not mean that you resign tomorrow. You have freed yourself from decision paralysis and can move forward. You can start diving into exactly when and how you will do it. If your decision is an excited yes! then this is day one for you. This is only deciding if you will start planning your transition from the employee life or if you are staying where you are. You are not thinking about how or what or when. You need to get your head around something being a concept you may or may not do at some point, to something you are doing, right now.Īre you committed to leaving your day job soon to make your ‘one-day’ dream of having your own ideal business happen - Yes or No If you are unhappy, frustrated, unfulfilled or just plain bored with your day job now and you have something you have always said you wanted to do ‘one day’, what are you waiting for? If you want to do it one day, then why not do it today? Don’t wait for health or other scares to happen to you to trigger your decision to go for something you really want. There are successful entrepreneurs and freelance creatives in their 20s right up to their 90s, with 42 being the average age. All ages have pros and cons, but if you want it, you can make it a reality. You are not too young or too old, there is no perfect time for pursuing your one-day goal. Part of your escape plan will be to learn what you need on the way. But even if your business is something specialised and you don’t yet have what's needed, then start learning! It will not stop you from making the decision to start go for your dream. Most people underestimate their talents and how much they need to know to start working for themselves. ![]() Or if you don’t you can learn what you need to know and find a way to gain experience while you are planning your escape from your day job. You already have enough knowledge or experience. You need to be specific about exactly what you want to do and how and when you will do it, so you can resist wasting money when you could be saving towards it. Saving for just a fluffy, unplanned one-day dream really is not going to cut it. But unless you know what and when you are saving it for it will be difficult to build up. Like time, money will be spent unless you save it. You will never have enough money to quit unless you plan for it. You won’t find suddenly that you have hours and hours come available all on their own. Unless you make space for this one-day dream to happen from what time you already have, it will always be filled with other things. Time is funny that if you don’t save space, it disappears, sucked into the time vacuum. But sometimes you have to take a leap of faith, believe and trust in yourself. ![]() But I promise you, you are ready but you just won’t feel like it. This is always going to be something you need to realise. Whether your one-day dream is to travel the world as a photographer or to buy a beach house in Antigua or to become a freelance writer, or to do up an old chateau to open as a hotel or maybe you yearn to open that tea room/book shop hybrid where dogs are always welcome and there is plenty of cake on the menu, I can tell you that you will never feel ready. And you tell yourself ‘I will know when I’m ready”. ![]() To listen to the full episode and hear more stories and insights, click on the play button above!ĭo you have a one-day dream? A dream that you have always wanted to make happen but have thought, maybe not yet, I’ll do it ‘one day’ when I’m more ready, or when I have more knowledge or experience, or when I’m older, or when the children have left home or when I have more money or when I have more time, or maybe only when I retire. APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | AMAZON | STITCHER
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