Why I Decided to Quit my Day Job
May 2nd, 2008 by shop-universal-best-buy
Why I Decided to Quit my Day Job
Here’s the typical scenario for the typical Joe… You wake up, take a bath, change your clothes, eat your breakfast (if you still have time) and rush into the early morning traffic hoping that you get to work in time. As soon as you arrive at your job, you sit in front of your desk (if you have one) and continue what you’ve been doing yesterday working hard to meet your deadlines in order to please your boss.
After work, you go home exhausted of all the things you’ve done for the day and probably still hearing the voice of your boss in your head reminding you of what you have to do the next working day. You arrive at home eat your dinner and try to get enough sleep for tomorrow. If you’re married and you have kids, you probably will spend an hour or two with them when you actually spend 8 hours at work and about 2 hours travelling.
And statistics say that you’re quite lucky if that’s your lifestyle because many people don’t have the luxury of having a job. But are you really lucky?
I used to be like that and I actually make more than what most of the people in my neighborhood does. They tell me how blessed I am and stuff like that but there’s something in my head telling me that I should be spending more time for my family and myself than with my work and my boss. And so I ventured online and started doing some work-at-home jobs. It was kind of akward at first, working at home wearing boxer shorts and seeing my kids instead of my boss. Slowly I worked my way to success and eventually decided to quit my “regular” job. I have three kids and a wife and I still manage to give my family a good life.
I take a rest when I want to take a rest. I talk with my wife for as long as I want (or for as long as she wants) and I have as much fun as my kids and I can take. I no longer have to miss breakfasts or have a quick lunch. Everything is just way better than before.
How did I do it? Well, I started simple with what is called an online data entry job. I paid a small fee to get in but I got that back in less than 24 hours. They said that the fee is for training and software but I soon realized it was also for my success. I was a bit skeptic at first but I took it and found out I made the right decision.
Eventually, my wife told me that what I’m making doing online data entry is more than what I was making at my former job. She too got interested and signed-up. I told her she can keep the money she’s making for herself but she was making too much money to keep it for herself and so added her “extra” money to the family savings.
All in all, I could say that online data entry jobs is for real. I know there are scams but what I got in to was not. It pays.
Why I Decided to Quit my Day Job / Author: Mike Lopez
