NEVER 9 TO 5: This Is Why You Should Quit Your Job
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- Here are the top reasons why you should quit your job.
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What‘s keeping you from quitting your job? And if you have quit already - what are your tips for others? Share with us and let’s get a conversation going!! 🤙🏼💛
Certain income and college scholarship is currently my tie. And I hate the 9to5 too... but I'm hustling 2jobs and college. Fear of failure and rejection hit me on any ambitions of my own
Hi Conni my goals are little bit different...or not,
- i have to i want to deal with my own demons and not only mine...(it is ****hard)
- see things how they really are
- be moral, live moral (big deal)
since the beginning never liked the concept of working under somebody, somebody controlling my freedom, controlling my creative aspects....but started doing it anyway to earn money, to support my dream, to live independently! .. meanwhile what happened it started sucking 14-15 hours of my life even my weekends, couldn't able to focus on my dreams either saving.
Then I quit anyway and started to build a platform through freelancing but again it's not great success but at least I got clarity what and how to do it.. so again going back to square one. But this time I know for how long and how to handle burn out and control my mind..so that I've can save up required a/c balance... But this phase I'm facing extreme struggle at financial don't and anxiety... But I will...
Your channel is so motivating , I watch one one everyday! 💝✨
Debt and going through some healing is what's keeping me from quitting. Everything you say resonates with me. Life situations + the 9-5 have helped me loose my genius. haha. Currently trying to create it again :) I'm aware I'm putting my dreams aside, I also know this 9-5 has an expiration date. Working on what that plan looks like.
This is glorious, I been tryin to find out about "i don t want a 9 5 job reddit" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Poonlijah Exceptional Primacy - (should be on google have a look ) ? It is a smashing one off product for discovering how to escape your 9 to 5 job minus the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my mate got excellent results with it.
A 9-5 is modern day slavery....
The worst of the worst
100% agree with you!
100% facts
So 8 hours of work is slavery for you? How long do you think you should work in that case? (Forgetting ALL of those people who work driving vehicles LONG distances to deliver everyday goods for a second) cause I think 8 hours is a decent time frame of work
@@sockshandle shut up with that BS, we shouldn't be working most of our lives just cause of some billionaires have gave us the Job in the first place for a measly 12-15$ an hour
in croatia 6-2 and 7-3 is the work time
We barely have 9-5
I quit my job almost a month ago....now basically a free spirit. Living one day at a time. Lose my car? Who knows!!! Lose my apartment? Who knows!!! I’m just tired of being controlled by STUFF!!! I want to WRITE! I want to TRAVEL! But...I seriously have to figure some things out.
You got this! Plan it. Plot it. Execute it. All good things!
Amazing! i Love this comment I'm ready to "jump" too! Lol the monotony of working full time on someone else's dream is really getting to me smh
I quit my job too! Where are you now ?
If you need money you can always do camming or onlyfans.
It’s been 6 years I am a full time filmmaker and photographer and I love being JOB-less
Two years ago, I walked off a job I’d been doing for 34 years. (A collections supervisor) 34 years. I was 7 years from retirement. I always knew it didn’t feel right. It wasn’t me.... but I became attached to the money (Starbucks, amazon prime, etc) and security (insurance) And I was absolutely miserable. I decided 2 years ago to walk away. Sold my BMW. Downsized my home to a little minimalist condo.... gave up some bad consumerism habits.... and I’ve never been happier. I live incredibly frugal, and I’ve never been more at peace. I wish I hadn’t waited until I was 53 to make that.
Amen to this video and I hope someone like me, a lot younger, really really listens to this alternative option you are suggesting. We are not meant to live that rat race.
There is another way. A better way. 💙
Beth Ann Skeen Awww thank you for this. I really appreciate what you wrote for us all! I'm 21, very young. Yeah I'm broke but it's really hard. It is really, really hard to capture everything in about this world. I've been trying to connect with nature and meditation. I'm in Florida so the scenery here is very beautiful. I'm always at peace when I'm outside instead of being confined to a desk for so many hours. I would love to hear some extra feedback. 🌱❤️
Hats off to you! I did the same thing at 51. Freedom is bliss!
@@nicolebermudez4855 Oh thank you for this comment. I am so glad I am not the only one who felt this way. I thought something was wrong with me.. I actually quit my job at 37 but continue to go back to a job. When I did I notice I got really depressed, anxiety, anxious and sleepless nights. I have tried some things along the way. I sold on eBay, had a Shopify store, a flipper and massage therapist. So just gonna get back on the wagon again and stay there. I was a lot more happier even though I was broke. I liked tried new things.
Beth.....you are still young,!🤗 Your story is truly inspiring ... I wish you continued happiness to listen to yourself and keep fulfilling your dreams 😊👍
@@greenbelt322
It certainly is.
When you mentioned that we come home exhausted and stressed and just watch netflix and let ourselves program. I really felt it.
Right?? Keeps us stuck in the matrix so hard!
Omg it’s like you are speaking my mind. I quit my 9-5 today and told my manager these exact reasons and he literally was like “that’s life” 🤯 literally their life is going by and they are wasting so much time.
Wow, its like people are hypnotized into believing this is the only way to live this beautiful life. How sad. People should start a revolution against the 40 hour work week. Of course unless you are happy and satisfied with what you're doing.
Thank you! So true..do it while we're young, 20s, 30s, and don't forget 40s and 50s because that's all before "retirement age", I see ppl in there 20s and 30s stressed and sickly because they think a 9 to 5 is their only way to survive. I believe freedom is entrepreneurship and faith.
Felt everything you said! My 9-5 kills my energy and by the time I come home to put work towards my dream and passion , I’m exhausted. I know for a fact if I were to quit , I can focus on my dreams 100% but I’m scared.
I feel you, sister! Make a plan and take back your power.
@@ConniBiesalski
Great advice.
Go for it.
Sometimes you have got to do what you got to do.
It will work out just right.
I'm currently planning on getting out of the hamster wheel and following my own dream of becoming an artist and art teacher. Everything you said about 9-5 jobs is true. I feel trapped and my job destroys my creativity. Thanks for making those videos, they give me motivation to push through. Lots of love ☺️
Hi Anya, did you do it! Did you leave the hamster wheel? Would love to see how your journey progressed.
Here I am pretending to be sick because I dread going to work... I hate my job. I want out.
Hope you found sometime that gives you peace
Conni you are so right.., all these jobs out there affect mental health ,no doubt about it.
Exactly and mental health affects our physical health and everything else. It‘a really a vicious cycle.. ♥️
@@ConniBiesalski yeah, everything is connected
@@ConniBiesalski
Agreed.
@@magdaprzybysz7144
Absolutely.
Lol. Every reason you listed applies to me too, disliking authority, morning routine, sitting in an office all day long, all of it. You can't even take a nap when you're tired, you basically doing time when you at work. For me, I just have to sell my car and start saving and investing the money for +- 2 years. I have other things that I am working on besides my job so not having a 9 to 5 (7:30 to 4 in my case) will give me time to go full time on what I really want to do.
I quit 5 years ago, not even an ounce of regret. One day I just decided to quit and started working 80 hours a week for myself and I have enjoyed that better than any other 9-5 I had before. OMG, the freedom.
What do you do
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Probably one of the best videos about the topic. Other videos about this tend to look down on people who do 9-5s, everyone deserves respect. Remember that many who do 9-5s don't do it for themselves, it's either to help an aging parent, put a kid through school, or buy a house for their family. Cheers!
The first thing I started to feel on my first job: my creativity started to die, slowly.
So frustrating...
Suffering everyday at my 9-5 and I've been working for 2 years. Watched a video called "Why you shouldn't be afraid of death" and someone commented "I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of suffering". And that hit me hard, because it's so true. Some people can't never escape from this slavery and this is really sad. Kinda pisses me off (Some days you ask yourself at work - I just should have stayed dead). Because you have so much time at work, then you keep having all kinds of thoughts about questioning life etc... Can't understand how some people can be so happy at 9-5. Bunch of BOTs who have accepted this as their fate for the rest of their lives, but then again I'm BOT myself :) Government should pay a monthly check to everyone, because soon the robots will take over our jobs anyway. Atleast some jobs, not all in our lifetime, but that doesn't matter, because the government ain't gonna help us. They don't care about us :D Anyways, hope I'll never reborn again to experience this kind of suffering lol. Peace!
Your comment almost made me cry. I'm so sorry you feel that way. It gets better. Try doing something that makes you happy on the side, when you have extra time. It helps me a little bit but at least I'm trying. We all are. Hope your able to connect with something you love and hold onto it 👍🐬☘️🌞🌈❤️
I feel angry too. It's completely soul sucking and that's that I have a good job but I hate being stuck there every single day. My boss never lets us leave early, only gives us 1 week paid vacation and 1 week sick... I JUST WANT OUT! I'm so tired of the authority, the control they have over us, over our schedules, our lives. I'm surprised Andrew Yang didn't sky rocket to presidency with his universal basic income proposal. It was the BEST idea for society. If all taxpayers received $1000 a month, do you know how much healthier we would be mentally, physically? I have no doubt that we would be immensely healthier. I truly feel crime rates would go down, hospitalizations, mental health, stress because it would give us some control back in our lives. It is disgusting that 80% of the population is forced to work 8+ hours a day and then add in commute, in unsatisfying jobs. Horrible way to live. Something has got to change.
I m not afraid of either, I just want to decide whether to suffer and not be forced to cause of a rigged working environment.
If you are not a minimalist it would be impossible to do that as in quit your job. Minimalism gives you some freedom. Live a simple life. Don't brag to people you don't like at all. Have the confidence to just be yourself. Don't be afraid what other people say about you like: what you wear, how you look and how beautiful your house is and so on what matters is you are happy and you are not a slave to anyone not even to your partner like a girlfriend, boyfriend or even husband or wife. If you have to be someone you are not just to be with that person it is best to end the relationship, live alone and just be who you really are.
LOL I finished my bachelor degree one month ago and thought of starting to work. (I got a job related to my degree. But guess what ? I only lasted 1 day. Not only the salary was shitty (I mean I want to be rich and I will) but . Doing 8 hours. 5 days a week. ISN'T FOR ME. I want to enjoy my life. I've always said that I'm not meant to work and I still believe that. I wrote a book that I want to publish and probably want a online business too. But hell no to working 8 hours sitting in a desk. That shit ain't for me.
Life isn’t about the THINGS that you accumulate. The best decision of my life was not to have a 9-5 job ever again. It’s been 6 years ago that I’ve been JOB-less. Doing what I love and pursuing my dreams gives my heart JOY. That’s true wealth.
What are you doing now ? What is your dream?
@@FactsCountdown I ended up doing film for couple years but few months ago landed a job as an HR Officer. I grew up mentally. Having a job isn’t bad long as you find time to work on your own passions after. Until your passions can sustain you, use your job as a leverage. I actually found a career I fell in love with- HUMAN RESOURCES. I’m excited to go to work daily never tired
I'm just finishing a university degree course and I'm already dreading the 9-5
I feel you ...
Don't do 9-5.
Try some different hours.
Thank you, Connie. Your message was exactly what I needed to hear. I’m going to quit my job and start taking control. I’m going to use my creativity and passion to create a spectacular life for myself.
I can't stop nodding my head in agreement on ALL these points!!!! I have been thinking these things for years, took myself out of the Rat Race in 2014 and am so glad I did. Preach it girl! 👍🏻😎
Hi Janina...if you dont mind, my asking, (bc I'm sooooo over my monotony too, but overwhelmed by WHAT to do for independent income), what do u do for income? That was brave of u. Admirable. ❤ from Houston.
@@SSTillmanEsq Hello! No problem, yes, I worked for a massive outsourcing company as a sales support technician for 16 years. After saving a chunk of money for a few years, I left in 2014 and started volunteering for a local TV station helping to archive data. I just needed a break from Corporate America. Anyway, one of the folks I liaised with at the TV station saw that I had technical expertise they were looking for, and they hired me to help them set up their client relationship software. I continue to manage that in the cloud for them part time today. I downsized my living situation, sold my home and now share rent with a roommate. Walking away from the big paycheck and all the trappings of the 'American Dream'... owning a home, having a new car, blah blah, was my first step towards freedom, although it was scary at times. I just had to prioritize what mattered most to me, and downsized everything to make a smaller paycheck work for me. I have learned I can live on 1/4 what I made before and be happier without all the stress of sales quotas and endless meetings and all the B.S. of corporate life. I've also learned I don't need all the stuff society made me believe for so long was important to be happy. I will tell you, it took me over 7 years to get the courage to leave, they don't call them golden handcuffs for nothing! 🤣 Two really good books that gave me strength and inspiration to take the leap: "Escape from Corporate America" and "Your Money or Your Life". Check them out, I hope they can help you as much as they did me. ~Cheers
It's so hard for me and my wife cos we have three kids and a mortgage! We both hate traditional Hobbs and our mental health declines dramatically with a 9-5 job, but can't see a way out and still be able to pay the bills 😩 we live paycheck to paycheck but are miserable and hate the time we spend apart! I'm writing a novel at the moment and hope to make money as a writer soon. This video has given me some ideas and I'll be looking into ways to make some passive income too. Thanks xx
I wish you the best of luck and success!
The two of you need to come up with a plan.
It's worth the risk especially if you do not want to be in the same situation 5 years from now.
Wishing you the best.
This made me cry, thank you for getting this video out to people like me
I love this video I am on the same page as you I worked in an office job for 15 years and started feeling the same way. I am putting a plan in place to escape just doing temp jobs at the moment. Most people will stay stuck in jobs their entire lives because they create more debt for themselves and buy more stuff that they dont need. Its a vicious cycle.
I think the key is having low expenses, no debt, liquid savings, and investment income. For most of us that takes a couple decades of working a job to make happen. We live in a system where we need money for everything. The money has to come from somewhere.
I love this video so much. I'm a writer and a digital marketer. I'm very passionate about becoming a book coach and teaching how to write on TH-cam. But everyone (my friends, my family, literally everyone) keeps telling me to work a 9-5 job because the chances of getting money with a business you just started are like zero, in their opinion. But I believe differently. I feel "it's delusional until it's done". I keep feeling like a mad person who has this undying belief of starting her own thing but watching this video really validates me. Thank you so much for posting this ❤ Much love.
The plan is to quit after my loan has been paid and I saved a couple months of paychecks, loan should be paid by June 2022 and I’m so excited to leave my 8-5 job. I am 22 and I really don’t want to live my life in a cubicle doing things I hate with coworkers who I only speak to about their day or weekend.
By the way I got an engineering degree and want to pursue creative content!!
Nice video. Quit my 9 to 5 this week. Feels great
Thank you! This is one mentality that I broke from in high school, and til this day when I turned 21 people still laugh at me because I don't want a 9 to 5 job but I want to create my own, my father is the one who raised me that way, he has 2 free estate companies and he always told me to be my own boss instead of having one. My boyfriend on the other hand loves 9 to 5, he feels secure and is scared of investing and taking chances, gladly I told him I will give him jobs if he needs one once I start my own companies and grow.
I recently quit my toxic part time job to step into my passion full time. It's scary and exciting! Going through a lot of emotions and ups and downs, but I am trusting myself to stay focused and strong.
Great video, speaks to me. After 20 yrs of working in healthcare I retired to go find my passion again. I actually loved my work in healthcare when I was younger, it provided all I needed but as time went on something shifted as the fun slowly died. Thats when I realized it was time, that I outgrew that space of contributing to society. Now I do real estate. I do my own drywall patch, fix my own broken glass, change my own locks, put my own faucets in and its rewarding. The money is not the drive, I do think of the money but I'm learning and accepting that as long as God provides for me each month to meet my expenses I'm far richer because I had a month of experiences and freedom that others pay a small sum to enjoy for just 7 days "and call it vacation".
This is such a relief - I can't begin to explain how nice it is not to feel like I'm the only crazy person who thinks all this, you're amazing!
That is why I quit my job 👏💗
Hell yeah 🤙🏼💛
Conni Biesalski yeahhhh
I’m happier right now with my own program for disadvantaged kids. More flexible for the time and more relaxing 😎🤘🥰
For sure and you are doing amazing work!!! 💛💛
Watching this with 60 days left on the job, praying to make it, and I promise never to work 9-5 again.
What about nurses, healthcare workers, bus drivers, etc. what if we all wanted to quit? Who would do these things? Or would hospitals, public transport, etc. cease to exist?!
Cluebug’s RV Adventures some people dig the 9-5 thing. Or, for healthcare folks the 7a-7p and 7p-7a thing!
Aquick Brownfox yep! I’m a travel nurse!
If they all quite, the system would adapt to that and new way of work will happen 😉
all these things could be taken over with more workers divided into part time work, like 4 hours of nurses and shit, less work and medium pay for everyone.
Luckily, everyone is not entrepreneurial minded
This woman speaks the truth!. Relatable ish... I can't wait to work for myself and make my own hours.
I LOVED IT! This video was fucking epic, gave me some good belly laughs because the truth bombs kept coming! enjoying your channel and it deeply resonates. I escaped the matrix back in 2018 and the journey has been brilliantly painful, beautiful, and heart-activating! Keep shining your light. Namaste
I worked for 1 year, then I quit and began consulting. I was young and naïve and failed - went broke. Luckily I was still living with my parents at the time and my dad told me it's time I get a job. Now it's been almost 20 years that I've been working and I've hated almost every day of it. Finally I'm working on a plan to get out, but it's not easy after you get married and have children.
It's much easier to do things today, because there is so much information online. Start when you're young and don't allow yourself to get trapped by the "comfort" of a pay check.
Conni you've perfectly described how horrible it is to work a 9 to 5. I get paid a lot of money, I'm debt free and work in a creative job. You'd think that I'd be happy, because I only need 4 or 5 pay checks to cover my entire year's worth of expenses, but I'm still miserable, because I'm not doing what I want to do. I tend to procrastinate a lot, because I have to force myself to get work done, which can be very painful. This is not the way to live life.
My last paying "job" was in 1990. I worked at a testing lab in Virginia. I worked as a lab technician, and I felt like I was an island.
Hey connin, just want to say thanks, for these kinds of videos. Loved the way you put your last 2 videos back to back. We need these topic. I am now pumped up for real, to concentrate more on making my content.
Yesss!!! That makes me real happy to hear :)
If what you're doing makes you give up on doing what you care about and makes you question your life, something's got to change. Can't slave away if you don't want to live anymore...
This video is spot on. This is a must have conversation.
You are so right! I’m so thankful that I have built my own business and love what I do. Landscape design allows me months off work to explore and enjoy other creative hobbies. Great advice! Thank you my dear friend! You are such a gift to humanity! ♥️💕❤️
I totally agree with the nine to five thing. I am no good after 3:00. I need to work 7-3 with no lunch break. Then, I can have a life too.
7-3 is a good time
The numbers at the beginning are terrifying! 10 years of work you don't like is crazy. I am working now on growing my business so I could do creative things and earn a living :D
Every, every word you said in this video is absolutely true.
I loooove your videos so much! You inspired me to start a minimalist lifestyle and I feel I could conquer the world!!
That’s so amazing!!!! So happy for you 🤙🏼💛
hm... I mean, I get you and I feel you. But I don't really appreciate making fun of hard working people, who simply are content with what they have.
I’m sorry you feel that way. I was expecting people to feel offended. But we only feel offended when we have triggers, old wounding and when we are not accepting ourselves fully. I know so as a gay woman ;) But yes, I am aware that this video can trigger people and I apologize if my humor is not appreciated.
@@ConniBiesalski thank you for replying and yes, consider me triggered :) It's just that I currently think a lot about understanding the other side, opposition, you call it. Making fun of one another or pointing fingers (even though, I understand and know you are not doing so) is rather pulling us apart, instead of bringing us together. And looking at the challanges coming at us the next years and centuries, I prefere having us together.
She was nothing but respectful. Not sure where she made fun.
I hear you AND I just don’t think I was being disrespectful or made really offensive jokes. I am all about unity AND everyone doing their thing. You do you. That’s my whole message. I had a big fat disclaimer in the video and I totally don’t judge people who love their job life. I am also not going to soften everything for everyone.
I recently quit my job less than a month ago. I worked 3-5 shifts of 12’s a week. After seeing how undervalued and overworked I was, I knew my precious time and energy should be committed elsewhere and not towards the rat race.
Thank you for this! I am building up the courage to quit my job :)
You can totally do it. So many have in the past and so many more will in the future. If others can, you can too. 🤙🏼💛
@@ConniBiesalski Thank you for your encouragement!
Love this ❤ thank you 🙏🏻
I googled how to stop caring about things and found out your article and then your channel. You are so awesome the way you think and the way you live your live!!! I've always helt that i have a lack of something in my life although i am just 15 and after watching a couple of your videos i somewhat understand what i need to do with my life))))))) Thanks a lot for the work you do, keep going ande never stop inspirirng people!!!
I am working on leaving the corporate world to work for myself full time, very motivating video! We are capable of so much more!
Don't do it roy from sales is going to ask you out and yes my name is roy
Great video am about to quit on December and proceed with my music full time, it already paying me more than my regular job. Time to put more time on my craft and opportunities.
So good advice, i would like to tell more, listen your dreams and don't listen toxic people. We are more free than we think.
Great points. I'm about to go part time on my 9-5 to grow a business I've had for a while. Blessings.
Loved your video. You put words to a lot if my thoughts. Good perspective. Thanks.
Thank you Conni. I will do it. I am very happy.
Quit my job. Ok. Can you make a video next about how not to die of starvation In homelessness?
I'd appreciate.
Thank you. You gave me strength. Let’s get out of this jail!
I live in a city that has a lot of "young professionals" who walk to work. I loathe leaving at 8:30 and seeing tens of others around me walking the same direction every morning. It literally crushes my spirit. When you called it the "human domestication program", yes! That is literally what it is. When I started feeling this, I felt ashamed of having this thought, like I must just be lazy for not wanting to do this or finding this routine and spectacle of this mass morning migration disgusting.
You are amazing!!! So right. Fun to listen to you ❤️
This is a brilliant video! Thank you Conni!
I can't have freedom. I get into big trouble without rules. I like discipline. You can't make fun of people that are fine with having a 9-5. Love you😁
@Ramone Burrell 😆😆
Someone who definitely loves the rape. 9-5 job is hell bruh ! 🔥
Love this!!! I'm working on my exit plan right now!
OMG I feel you so much. Every word describes how I feel...😔 I plan to leave my corporate but I’m so scared of colleagues’s judgment
I LOVE ALL OF THIS!!! I wonder though Conni, how to move out of a job with the health insurance thing. I admit it. I loathe my job. I am not built to be an employee at all. And the work environment IS toxic for me.... It drains tha shit outta me... Somehow, I got sucked in to this whole hamster wheel. However now, I have health insurance that I need. In the US, this whole issue is a thing. A shitty thing. Would you know options to replace employer insurance?
I quit my work 2 years ago and I am totally happy today. Was the best decision I made in my life. 🥰
What do you do for living?
By the way CONGRATULATIONS!!
@@carlavv5302 I teach private English lesson to a few kids, teaching Art in a local school here in Bali (only takes me 1.5 hours in a day), I run my TH-cam channel and uploading images to stocks online.
Basically doing all the things I like and getting good amount money. Lol
@@mariatrihapsari I checked your channel. You have talent.
I bet you can make extra money with nail polish special occasions (weddings, graduations, babyshower, x-mas) or something like that.
Keep it up!!
Thats so wonderful, I‘m so happy for you!!! 😘😘
@@carlavv5302 🥰 yes, thank you! Have a great day
This video is SO GREAT.
I'm with you 100%! And I agree with all your points. My dilemma is a car payment (for another 3 years). And then there's apartment rent (with all the other sh*t that goes with that like utilities) .... and food ... very cheap food. Nothing fancy in my life which I'm good with. My job situation is disturbing for me because after my 8 and 1/2 hours at work, my total daily commute is 3 hours! So I'm away from home (AND away from my faithful dog) for 11 and 1/2 hours! I'm very 'Blue Collar'. Trading hours for dollars sucks! And my work environment is very toxic. I only have myself to blame for this f-ed up situation. BUT, I'm not sitting still and just complaining. I'm trying to pay off bills and get something else going. I'm learning through watching videos like yours, Conni. Ugh .... "soul-sucking", for sure! Love you, Conni, and thanks!
Oh Conni, I just loved every single thing that you mentioned, and I have ALWAYS wished I didn't have a full-time job, now more than ever before because I absolutely HATE where I work and don't really like what I do. It's been so long that I feel this miserable that I literally don't know anymore what I would really like to do, I am passionate about nothing. I simply don't see a way out of the rat race.
I really can relate to what you said so much!
I quit my job last week, better 2022 and boss up. haha never 925 peace out!
oooh men, this just touches my heart...so true
I feel this. I've tasted the freelance and remote work life and accepting an in-person 9 to 5 job was so absurd. The sitting. The stretching out tasks. The pain for me is worse than the fear of quitting too.
You are so right, Connie! Did you ever make a personality test? Like 16 personalities test? The result explained me why I don't like working routines, authorities and I prefer to follow my own dreams.
One of best eye opener channel that I've ever come across.
Thank you for this inspiring talk 😁
Here’s my whole thing, I agree with every single point you’ve made, not a problem with any of them, I don’t have the means to sustain my life if I quit tommorow. I live frugal and modest and not really about materialistic items but the reality is that my job is a crutch to prevent me from becoming homeless. It’s the only real reason why I don’t quit one day to the next.
Preach, sister!! 🙌🏾
I see that I'm not the only one who worked with soul sucking coworkers.
I think everyone needs to watch this video at lease ONCE in their lifetime. New sub here ❤️ this whole vid is a summary of my own daily thoughts. So glad I found you 😭☺️😊
This resonates with me at every level! Great vid :)
so happy I found this channel! love this topic
I really want start my own business, generate multiple streams of income, do something meaningful... but I just can't stop sitting round watching fking youtube videos all day.
I want to pursue photography and videography. I won’t lie I’m scared but I want to do what drives me. I’m tired of working a job that doesn’t fulfill me at 26. Thanks for this video, I needed it.
Hi! Is there any link to see your videos or photography? I know it is great and would like to see something beautiful today!
Hey Conni :-)
I see it the same way as you and appreciate you motivating people to be courageous.
I haven't been working "a normal job" since Nov 2017. Thou I have to admit I've been struggling since then to find a reliable income source (which generates lots of anxiety and stress in those phases with less projects). I find it still better than working a 9 to 5, but it sucks at times too... If you have any comments or tips on this regard, I would appreciate it.
Keep up the good work :-)
Yes, 100% agreed. That's why we quit our job and went to NZ for a year to travel in our Van and vlog about it :) Btw, I love your emails and especially your podcast, Conni. Sunny greetings from Waipu, NZ!
Jesus said, "do not worry what you will eat what you will drink or what you will wear. For isn't life more than food and clothing? Look at the birds of the air, they don't work or harvest yet your heavenly father feeds them. And do not worry about what you will wear, just look at the lillies of the field for not even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as magnificently as they are yet they are here today and thrown in the fore tomorrow. And you are far more valuable to God than flowers. That is what I tell you not to worry what you will eat, what you will drink or what you will wear for these thoughts consume unbelievers all over the world. Seek the kingdom of God above all else and all things will be added unto you"
Connie, I really like your content. Good luck with your projects!
A 9-5 makes sense if you have a plan to make a bunch of money and then get out and retire or just do more of what you want and work much less. Go into software for instance (not all software jobs are equal, you need to get into the higher paying ones 150k+) and accumulate 1 million by 35 (run spreadsheets to guide you into how much you need to make and save, math, not chance) and then get the fuck out, let that money work for you, and then go do what you want.
I think the "starving artist" is fairly common in people who jump into being their own boss, more than the internet gurus will tell you. So to me it would make sense to go into an elite paying career for 10-15 years and suck it up before jumping into something like that. YMMV
If you've heard of FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) then what I'm suggesting would fall into the "Coast FIRE" category of that.
Me, I like to advice people if they have problems even if its not really good advice coz every sad or confused people need somebody to talk to, to make them feel cared. Thats why i put up a business after I quit the job I dont like, I put up a midnight beer and snack store, i made people come back and forth in my shop by making them feel that its like their escape place.. I made two or more total stranger people to make friends by putting only one table when they eat or drink.
Some people know no better than
working in a cage as you put it.
These folk also need to learn
not to live up to the expectations
of others. Poor souls. Great video
Connie. I taught at lunch times and two week evenings. Great
salary and enjoyed it. Retired
now, but enjoyed being self
employed during my working
days. Now my time all day long
is my own plus living on a high
Swiss pension. Very grateful
for what I have.
That’s wonderful! Thank you for sharing :) ♥️
I hope you will come back to TH-cam 🙏🏻
My God, what you said is so sad, but so true...
Thanks Connie - needed this xx
It sucks because I am now in my 40's and fell like I am stuck. :(
Great and inspirational video, Conni! And so true. I hope many, many people will watch it. Also, I love your style! :)
I feel you