laurakate
Well-Known Member
Who's done this and how did you find it? what was it like? what made you reach the decision to do this? did you always want to go self employed ultimately or did you do it because you didn't want to work for other people anymore?
Soooo many questions there lol but basically this is the stage I'm at now. I've always said that I didn't want to be self employed due to the uncertainty/responsibility/not being able to switch off (as I've mentioned a number of times on here) but I'm amazed and impressed to say that I've had a massive change of mind. I'm tired of working anti social hours and struggling to get time off all for the sake of a smidge above minimum wage. I'm tired of working with product brands that I have no training in due to my current and previous employers taking little interest in the importance of this. I'm going to turn this poop into a positive thing by being my own boss, working my own hours where I offer treatments with products that I am going to become fully trained in.
I will miss the social side of working with other people and working on a vast range of new clients on a day to day basis. I'll miss the holiday pay and the sense of routine but overall, I've now reached a point where I feel ready and I'm immensely amazed by this because I always thought I'd be too scared to go self employed but I'm at that point now where I need to do it in order to honour and respect my own skills and intelligence after having given them so willingly to other people in exchange for a small return over the past few years.
I'm going to be kind to myself by setting realistic goals as a self employed person. I anticipate being quiet and a small business for a good while initially but I guess that comes with the package of starting a business I suppose.
Frankly, I'm feeling a bit anxious but mostly liberated. When I'm getting a bit tetchy (in my head at work) I remind myself that I'm going to work for myself as soon as possible and then it makes me feel really bouncy again. I've already decided what I'm going to call my business, the treatment menu, brands and how I'm going to do the accounting (ish!) lol!
Who else has been in this situation? Talk to me!
Soooo many questions there lol but basically this is the stage I'm at now. I've always said that I didn't want to be self employed due to the uncertainty/responsibility/not being able to switch off (as I've mentioned a number of times on here) but I'm amazed and impressed to say that I've had a massive change of mind. I'm tired of working anti social hours and struggling to get time off all for the sake of a smidge above minimum wage. I'm tired of working with product brands that I have no training in due to my current and previous employers taking little interest in the importance of this. I'm going to turn this poop into a positive thing by being my own boss, working my own hours where I offer treatments with products that I am going to become fully trained in.
I will miss the social side of working with other people and working on a vast range of new clients on a day to day basis. I'll miss the holiday pay and the sense of routine but overall, I've now reached a point where I feel ready and I'm immensely amazed by this because I always thought I'd be too scared to go self employed but I'm at that point now where I need to do it in order to honour and respect my own skills and intelligence after having given them so willingly to other people in exchange for a small return over the past few years.
I'm going to be kind to myself by setting realistic goals as a self employed person. I anticipate being quiet and a small business for a good while initially but I guess that comes with the package of starting a business I suppose.
Frankly, I'm feeling a bit anxious but mostly liberated. When I'm getting a bit tetchy (in my head at work) I remind myself that I'm going to work for myself as soon as possible and then it makes me feel really bouncy again. I've already decided what I'm going to call my business, the treatment menu, brands and how I'm going to do the accounting (ish!) lol!
Who else has been in this situation? Talk to me!