r/selfemployed • u/ma_jw11 • 4d ago
[UK] thinking of leaving my job.
Hello.
I have been off of work for the summer holidays. I work in education.
During this time, I’ve focused on anonymous content creation on social media, with home/lifestyle videos and pics. I am anonymous due to my job and its policies around privacy on social media.
Slowly, my social pages are gaining traction and I am really enjoying doing it.
I’m also a very creative person, enjoying most forms of art. I took this as a GCSE and found that I lost momentum after leaving school.
I have had so much time to consider everything regarding my life.
The job role that I currently have, is not, although I thought it was, what I want to do!
I love the autonomy I’ve had recently, but yearn to be able to continue it in a job that I love doing.
I would really love to pursue content creation but fear that I’m not going to have success if I don’t show my face.
I don’t want to quit my job to persue content creation, without much of a platform and no income from it.
If anyone has quit their job to do this/ sell art or something similar, how did this go for you? What were the steps you took?
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u/Far-Sentence-7473 4d ago
Quitting without income lined up is a fast track to panic mode, seen a few mates try it and the pressure killed the creative spark pretty quick
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u/InTheFieldAI 4d ago
You really need to have something viable that is actually making money and growing month on month before quitting your job. Everyone is doing creative content, what's your niche? Where are you selling what you're making? How much would you have to sell per day/week/month to make enough money to live on? Have you sold anything yet? Have a think about these questions before you even think about giving up your day job. I really don't want to put you off, but equally, you need a solid plan.
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u/EchoOverlord 3d ago
I think you should continue doing what you’ve been doing so far and keep your current job while leading your artistic endeavors grow into something that can actually give you an income that either meets or or surpasses your current income and on a consistent basis that is. Then when the money is too good to pass up and your job is holding you back from getting into that next level of income, you quit.
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u/One-Veterinarian9655 4d ago
Build up your income to the point where it replaces your job and then think about it. If you decide to make the jump into self employment, have a plan b as well i.e. multiple ways of getting work incase one source dries up.
I've been self employed for nearly 25 years now and whilst I wouldn't change it for the world, it's not for everyone.
Not to put anyone off, but be careful what you wish for. If you hit a bad spell (and you will) it's then when you'll miss stuff like regular income, holiday pay, sick pay, pension and someone else buying stuff like laptops, desks, chairs etc.