vlog ☁️ I quit my job, burn out & becoming self employed
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Hello everyone! Welcome to this day in my life vlog--most of it ended up being me chatting about burn out, quitting my job and what it's been like becoming self employed. I worked in marketing for 2.5 years, and over the course of that time really burnt myself out. I'm now working a job ("job" feels like the wrong word. I'm not doing work) that feels properly fulfilling and makes me happy. And I couldn't be more thankful or grateful to you guys for all of your support. You are the reason I've been able to make this jump, so thank you 💛
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Hello everyone!! Here is my little life update/announcement: I quit my job to do youtube and creative stuff full time!! 😭 It's all because of you guys that I've been able to do this. A big shout out to everyone over on Patreon--Patreon really was the big thing that enabled me to make this jump. If you're interested in joining our lovely little patreon family, there's bonus videos, writing updates, behind the scenes stuff, our monthly book club and more: www.patreon.com/christyannejones 💛
EDIT: a few people have expressed concern about me putting my laptop on a pillow. My laptop is a surface book! The actual computer/fans are in the screen not the base so thankfully it can sit on pillows and not catch on fire 😀
I can totally relate to your story and it made me cry. I'm in a similar situation at the moment, but the difference is that I don't know what drives me, so I'm pretty lost. Thank you so much for sharing it, please keep doing so and being honest. I'm happy for you and I wish you all the best luck! Greetings from Brazil.
Thank you so much, Debora 💛 I'm so sorry to read that you feel lost; I really hope you find your way soon with what you want to do, and in the mean time look after yourself and do things that make you happy 💛💛
@@christy-anne-jones thank you so much for your kind words and wishes!!
@@kaahfee Thank you dear! That was so kind, it warms my heart. Wishing you good things on your path as well.
@@BlogdaDebora Boa sorte pra ti, Debora. Greetings from RS - Brazil.
i feel the same way
I almost had my eyes filled when you talked about 'doing the right things' even though you didn't like them that much. I was in exactly the same phase 6 months back, and I quit my job to work towards something that I actually want. It is a huge risk on financial independence, and I have nothing but my savings to make it. I feel so happy for you that you could take this step and escape from the burnout. Godspeed to you!
Your vlogs are such a source of comfort to me and they inspire me to make better content too. I feel like many of us are getting burnt out and feel quite stressed. Sending you lots of positive energy.🌸🌼
I'm so glad you like my videos. Take care💛
After five years of feeling burnt out and trapped, I made my creative side hustle a full-time thing last month and the positive impact on my mental health has been amazing. I’m proud of you, and wishing you the best of success and health ❤️
Just last week I gave my 2 week notice to completely change careers to my dream job too ❤. Burnout is absolutely real, and I'm so glad to see you caring for yourself. Congratulations in the changes in your life!
I also put my notice in at my job recently for similar reasons you talked about. It's so comforting and inspiring to see that I'm not alone. I needed this, thank you.
Ah, you finally watched Whisper of the Heart, my favourite Ghibli film.
I did!!! It was lovely 💛
my favourite too :) with When Marnie Was There
Whisper of the heart and Kiki’s delivery service are so good for if you are feeling uninspired or burnt out. 💜
Watching this while at work
A dog helped me balance work and life, and stay healthy…. Something to consider!
Congratulations on making the leap. You’ll make it and you’ll never have to go back to working 9-5. I also am now self-employed. Had no idea I was going through burn out. Moved to a new job that I thought would challenge me more and keep me interested. 6 months later, I decided I’m ending my engineering career to do everything I want to do and spend more time with my dog 😄 and family, and get more sleep, and no commute. It’s great!
Finding your videos has giving me so much inspiration for doing what I want to do in life! I know I wanna write articles and blogs and make content in general and your videos are helping me get out of an awful funk I've been in for ages now 💖 hope you're still doing great and are still enjoying the content creator life ☺️☺️🙌🏽
Hey, I'm currently having a crisis about my marketing degree and what I want to do longterm and this was a good reminder that I'm not alone.
This is such a wonderful life update! Congratulations!! ✨💖 I completely understand the burnout of working hard at a job you don't love, trying to fit in all of your dream life activities, not getting enough sleep and then repeat until exhausted... I am so happy for you to leave that behind and live your dream life! 🤗💕
I was just rewatching old videos from you, hope you are doing okay, thank you for the amazing vibes you bring to youtube
Thank you so so much 💛💛
Oh, Christy, this is so very wonderful to hear you are pursuing your dreams. I relate so heavily to your burnout and employment story and am so thankful for all the creative work you release into the world! Thank you
This vlogs are always so calming
Wish you all the best! I love your videos ❤
I love a day in the life vlogs. Your vlogs are so calming and comforting to watch. 🥰💕
congrats on your transition, i'm envious
Im so happy for you Christy!!! The best is yet to come ..keep rocking ❤️
so proud of you for making that jump! I discovered your channel a few months and am now a patron. Best of luck and I'll continue to support your work =)
So happy for this transition!! Can't wait to continue to support you in this shift :). You are amazing!
It's so great to hear you have become self-employed, I wish you all the best in this new part of your life!! I love your vlogs so much, you are a huge inspiration!
I've found so many amazing books through this channel. I'm really happy for you and I hope you find all the joy working full-time on the things you love. It's gonna be a blast!
All the best Christy! I absolutely love your content and wish you success and happiness❤️
Ahh Christy!! You are such an amazing person!! This moved me to tears..T-T I’m constantly thinking about what I’ll do in the future and it’s really hard because everyone’s asking me what job i want to do..I tell them that I haven’t really thought about it even tho I do know what I want to do but I feel like it’s unrealistic..
Nothing is unrealistic. If you can dream it you can be it! Its really really true. I did office work for 14 years but my heart was always yearning to help people via natural medicine (herbal medicine and reiki etc) and combine that with creative work. 2.5 years ago I finally quit my office job and took a leap of faith. I started teaching drawing classes at home (i never went to art school, Im naturally good at it) and within 6 month I had people subscribing to my waitlist. I was that busy and people in my town really wanted me to teach them. I started to combine that with working at a shop for natural medicine 2 days a week and at the moment Im finally also following a 4 year study for natural medicine hoping to start my own practice in the future. You can live your dream.. it is really really worth the risk 😘😘😘 hope this helps someone!
I’m so happy for you ☺️ it’s amazing that your channel has grown so much and definitely testament to us in the community supporting you but!! Please make sure to feel very proud of yourself as well. It’s a privilege to make this choice now but the road here was paved by you making hard decisions and putting in a lot of work, so be sure to really celebrate yourself too ❤️❤️
So happy for you for taking care of yourself first!! ❤️
I'm so happy that you could take this step, Christy! I hope your burnout recovery goes well, wishing you all the best 🌸
Your videos bring me so much comfort and joy :)
So excited for you! I'm hoping one day I'll be able to take the same steps in becoming self employed, but for now you're a total inspiration and I can't wait to see where it takes you!! 😊💛
This video is so inspiring. I needed to hear all the things that you just said and I felt it on so many levels. Thank you for sharing this and thank you for your wonderful TH-cam channel! I'm so happy for you Christy!! 💛🤗
You are amazing Christy and I love your content. It is so peaceful.
Congratulations on your new endeavour! This is so exciting and I wish you the best of luck for what's not to come!
Omg. I relate so much with your story and I wish I could be that brave to take that decission. Thank you so much for sharing, you inspire me and I love your content. Best wishes for this chapter in your life!
So happy for you! You deserve the world. Keep up the amazing work Christy!
your videos are a source of calmness and inspiration for me, so thank you 🌹
Wishing you best for this switch and kudos for chasing your dreams!! 🥳
SO HAPPY FOR YOU CHRISTY! We'll keep supporting you so you can do what you love forever and ever!!
Thank you for sharing your story! You're very hardworking and you deserve to be happy. Glad to know you're finally letting yourself do what you love ❤️
Well done for taking this leap of faith and all of your hard work
Im here since 30,000 and Im só happy for you ❤️✨ everything is going to be amazing!
Glad you're happier and feeling better. I've been doing that workout too. Lots of blessings to you 💕💕💕🌹
I've watched your videos for a long time and am so so happy you're doing this full time now
I just loved hearing your story and I could so relate! You inspired me to record my own burnout story as I'm now out the other side, and good things are happening and I wanted to share that there is life after burnout 😊
I am also signing up to your patreon as not only do I love your channel but I want to help support you in your dream job 💛
Thanks for sharing! All the best for your new journey!
thank you for the comfort you’ve given through the videos :’) didnt know i needed it. love from Malaysia ❤️❤️
Go you! I hope everything you dream of comes your way. I felt emotional watching you talk about your journey as I’ve felt MANY of the same things and been in similar situations, so I really hope it all works out as you so deserve it! X
Thank you for this video! I’m going through a similar situation and just took my leap of faith last week. ❤
Christy, you are doing a great job! Your videos are very lovely and cozy to watch! May you grow more and more and do the work you absolutely love!!🌸🌸🌸
Congratulations on making that leap, I’m so excited for you! I’ve recently dropped from full time to part time hours with my job because I hit a wall in a similar way and needed that change. It’s really scary, but having that time back for projects that light me up (and sleep!! lol) has been life changing ✨💛
Your videos are so calming and comforting. I am glad you are doing what you love. I look forward to your videos every time because they are always so beautifully put together.
You're amazing. Everything'll be fine. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much for sharing your story!!!
It's great to hear your story. I, too, am dealing with burnout and thought changing to a new industry would help only to quit after three days. I'm turning towards my writing to give it a go. Time to build that platform!
Sending you hot winds from Colorado!
Congratulations! I'm sure everything will work out fine ☺️
I really love your videos!
HECK YES Christy on quitting your job! That is so amazing! I wish everyone could do the same!
Good luck in your creative pursuits! You're doing a very brave thing, good on you :)
Congratulations! You seem so relieved and excited about what lies ahead for you! This is very timely for me-I’ve worked in marketing for the last 12 years and am just now starting to take myself seriously and wonder “what if.” 💛 thank you for sharing!
I feel you! I was in a terribly normal job once and became depressed. Now I am doing a PhD about an obscure subject I love ❤
Your voice is ever so relaxing and your style is so super cosy ✨
Awwww thank you Christy 🥺😍🥰🙏🍃
Just subscribed to your Patreon 😊 happy to support your dream of being freelance and also very happy to support someone going through burnout and learning better boundaries with work and rest. It’s something I’ve struggled with myself and it’s lovely to see someone else’s talking about it in such an open way.
Thank you for being so awesome and real with us.
P.S. Excited to be a part of the monthly book club!! ♥️😁
Hey Christy ! I've been watching your videos for 2 years now & i'm so happy you're finally doing what you love ! I wish you a very fulfilling career & an enjoyable journey 💙
Your videos bring me peace. I hope working for yourself fulfills your spirit and you can thrive!
Always looking forward to your content
Hello Christy! 🤗 I joined your Patreon today and you uploaded this video a few moments later. I just want to tell you that I love your videos and I am happy that I can support you. I respect your decision of becoming self-employed and I wish you good luck! ♥️
Good Luck Christy, take hold of this opportunity and fly! You deserve to do well. Xx
This was so inspiring, Christy!
I am so happy that by being a part of this community I can help you to have the life that you want. I have worked more that I could possibly bear since I was around 16 to have the life that I've dreamed of. Now, 7 years later, I need to finally learn how to relax and enjoy the things that I've already achieved. I need to learn that I don't have to spend every free (free!) moment working.
Take care, Christy
This is such a brave move and I wish you all the luck in the world! Love your vlogs, they’re so relaxing and inspiring x
Thank you so much 😭 I'm so happy you like my videos 💛💛
I wish you all the best of luck on the path ahead! I'm glad to see you take care of yourself; it's actually inspiring and I appreciate the honesty in this video. Sometimes we have to take a leap, at least we can say we've tried even if it doesn't turn out perfectly - and some amazing things can happen too that otherwise wouldn't have 💕💓
Yay, Christy! I'm so happy for you ✨
Thank you, Emily!! 💛
Hi Christy! I've been watching your videos for almost a couple of years and I truly love what you do. I am really proud that you were brave enough to quit your job, because it can't be so scary sometimes that I admire your strenght in doing so. I truly hope that youtube and the other projects you are focusing yourself in go well. You are an inspiration to me. Love from Spain! :)
you sound so much happier!
More power to you❤️
good luck!! i also did "the big leap" months ago. it's pretty scary. there's this sense of worry about stability and all but sense of contentment at the same time because you know deep inside that you are happy with what you are doing. thank you for sharing your story.
Congrats on your transition! Just backed your Patreon and I wish you all the success in the world~!
Also, as someone who works from home, using timers and having a strict cut-off time in the evening (no work past 6:30) has helped immensely with getting stuff done and enjoying the evening. As well as just scheduling time to do anything other than work helps a ton! I had a very difficult time taking my lunch breaks (well I'll be honest, I still struggle with this) but scheduling time to do something fun at lunchtime always makes the second half of the day easier.
So inspired by you! Keep going and don’t burn yourself out , I’ve learnt to take care of my health :)
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Love you and your channel to the moon nd back! 😊💙🌸🎐
Thank you 💛😭
Congratulations! You seem so happy, which is amazing! ❤️
Thank you 💛💛
I'm so excited for this new chapter of your life, Christy! Looking forward to more of your videos💛
P.S, I absolutely loved the video you did of narratology and analyzing a book so if you'd be willing to make more educational videos like those, I'd really appreciate that !!
I'm so happy for you, I've been watching you for the past year and a half and I always wait for a new video to bring me comfort and joy on Sundays, you're like a ray of sunshine🌻 I have wondered so many times how do you do it, how do you not burn out? I'm so happy you were able to take this step but it's also a bit selfish tbh because it means I'll get even more videos now. Hugs and love from Romania 🌱❤️
Congratulations on going full time! ✨💛✨
Wish you all the best in this new journey, Christy 😊💗☁️
Thank you, Emilia!! 💛
Congratulations! I wish you lucky on your new adventure. You’re an amazing content creator and I am excited to see your next videos.
Thank you so much, Theresa 💛💛
Your camera settings are nice.
Once I got lost in the big company structure, like working over 60 hours per week to fit into their system, one day I got awoke as self employed!
Let's stay proud of self employed!
I've been meaning to watch this for so long and I really needed this! Last year, I also had to make the difficult choice of taking a more "practical" degree than English which is what I actually want to do. I've been feeling very burnt out and sad because I don't get time to do the things I want to. This made me realize that I wasn't alone in this. Thank you Christy! I have been loving your channel and I am so happy that I found you!❤❤❤
Sameee christy. Tq for saying this. It makes me less alone
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Bravo on your career transition! I quit my 9-5 job in late 2019 (right before the pandemic, incidentally 😮) to work a combination of more flexible part time jobs and have more time for the things I love, and it has been a bumpy transition but I’ve also loved it. Escaping the burnout was the best part. ❤️
Wow...I am so happy for you. Keep up the good work. We are here to support you💕💕
Thank you 💛💛😭
love ❤️ this girl.
It's very good life choise to pursue your dreams and I'm so happy for you😊
Thank you, Elina!! 💛
This is such an inspiring move, Christy! So proud and inspired by you! I remember chatting with you about it a while back and thinking how cool it would be if that was your full-time job as you're so so good at it =) I'm an Aussie at the end of an English Lit major (Honours) in a state that's NSW or Victoria, and the job prospects are quite terrifying, not going to lie so I related very much to that. Part of me is tempted by the stability of going on doing something like education or marketing, another part of me is desperate to be creative and explore my writing! I don't know what I'll do yet but definitely admire and love your decision so much. Your videos are so cosy and comforting - you're my favourite Aussie TH-camr! All the best with your self employed endeavours!
You have the lifestyle I aspire to. You're literally THAT girl but make it realistic. I'm in that grind stage rn--working long hours when I'm not at college and then grinding away at school (I've also worked since I was fifteen because I had to start saving for my own college tuition). I got incredibly lucky because I'm able to pursue my dream degree (philosophy) and get a job (hoping to be a classical educator within the next five-ish years!). You're incredibly inspiring
Omg, Whispers of the Heart is one of my FAVOURITE ghibli films!!! 💖💖💖
Can we all like this video and watch it a thousand times and binge all of her videos and comment and stuff so Christy can keep doing what makes her so happy? Like, have you seen how her face lit up? I really hope this goes well, she´s so hardworking and her content is so gooooood
living as an adult is not easy as i seems… but every decision makes what we are and create the path of our history. good luck! 🍀
Confirmed. I'm quitting my job tomorrow and taking the leap.