I have been planning to become self employed for over 2 months. Ideas come and go, some good and some just plain stupid.. It's emotionally draining if you are a planning freak like me who wants to cover all the bases before choosing the right self employment route. I know there is no way I can be certain where my actions would lead me so I'm stressing myself out needlessly.
I awake without the alarm at 6 every morning, thinking I have to do research on whether my green advice/consultancy business as a self employment idea will work, and whether I need to get extra qualifications. Then I think about which qualifications I should look for, and which market I should target. After that I think about backup plans if all this fails... you get the idea. I don't understand how other people manage to become self employed so smoothly?
Lately I've noticed I'm filled with anxiety and my mind is working on overdrive thinking about my self employment ideas. Today I went for a swim at the gym and I don't remember walking from my house to the gym! My body was on auto-pilot while my mind was still thinking about how to link my previous career and experience with my next one through the self employment route.
If I look back at what I've done over the last 2 months in terms of research alone, I understand a lot more about the internet as a business and marketing tool, met quite a few fellow entrepreneurs, sharpened my business sense (before this I never thought about investements, markets and making profits).
All the hard work and stress makes me think it's probably too late for me to give up now. It could actually be better to spend money and time pursuing a half-baked idea than continue being employed?
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