I’ve been a self-employed independent creator for 10 years
I&#x27;ve never understood the irrational desire to quit your job.<p>Jobs are wonderful, magical things and I&#x27;ve been thankful to have every single one of them, even the ones that sucked, like that time I worked 12 hour shifts in a warehouse doing product assembly. Or when I had to deal with father as an electrical apprentice. Or when I was on the shit list in the military.<p>I guess it&#x27;s because every job I&#x27;ve had, I&#x27;ve subjected to an intense inquiry on exactly what I&#x27;m getting out of the job. I&#x27;m very intentional about my work. For the warehouse job, I was saving up for a move. I knew exactly what I was doing and why.<p>When I see people with these crazy flights of fancy throwing away perfectly good opportunities to work and build incrementally to their dream lives, it makes me a little sad.<p>The very irrationality of his thought processes caused him to utterly fail to learn how to market his services, making him piss away a decade of what could have been fortunate prosperity.<p>Sure, he never starved. There was always some money coming in the pike. But he purposefully did not shoot for any more.<p>It&#x27;s almost like these people hate money for some reason. He finally comes to his big life realization and then sees his path.<p>And when I read his big life realization, I was immensely struck by the fact that I want exactly what he wants. A nice, comfy lifestyle where I can have conversations, share what I know, and learn.<p>My job is the perfect tool to allow me to do that. I get all my money from <i>one place</i>. And I can have conversations, share what I know, and learn <i>at work</i>.