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The last time I had a “normal job” was in 2008. Maybe you remember that year.
There was a spectacular market crash in October, followed by a prolonged, painful buckling of the global economy. Lots of hyperventilation and money stress going on, pretty much all over the world.
The company I was working for was going through round after round of layoffs.
I had a three-year-old, and I was the primary breadwinner in my house.
That’s the kind of stress that wakes you up every morning at 4:00 a.m. feeling like you can hardly breathe.
I had a decision to make: Should I quit on my own terms and go freelance, or should I wait for them to push me out?
Even though I was really, really freaked out, I jumped. I turned in my resignation. I set myself up as a freelancer. And I did a lot of that “build the plane while you’re flying” thing.
I really think I would have crashed and burned if I hadn’t had a group of supportive friends to help me figure out all of the “non-obvious” stuff.
Now in retrospect, quitting back then was absolutely the smartest thing to do. It gave me real security, instead of the fake security that comes from a day job. It let me protect my confidence by avoiding the layoff. And it’s opened all kinds of fascinating doors, including my eventual partnership with Brian Clark here at Copyblogger.
But…
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