im quiting my job

to be honest, it all depend on your current situation. Even if you are single like me, you still need some money to pay for car(if you have one), house (if you don't live with your parents) and other fees. Right now I'm making online is double my salary but I still keep my job going for 3-4 months to see. Life is unpredictable. I can't say your decision is good or bad, it's up to you but personally, I wouldn't do that. Don't push yourself into the corner, always have a back up plan
thats it

The problem is that my job gets on the way..because I work during the day and well don't get off till late so if I do keep my job I don't have to time to get out there and talk to businesses
Thanks for your opinion though I do agree with you

Yeah I agree with the above fellow. I quit another job I had before because I felt I could get something better but I ended up being unemployed for 2 years. So if I was you, I'd try to find a partner/coach in internet marketing so you could have someone hold you accountable. It helps when you have a friend encouraging you and watching everything you say. So yeah I'd try to find that type of encouragement instead of quitting my job.

I have to agree with yukinara... while I would love to be out of my day job right this minute - I dream of giving my notice - I still have bills to pay and until I'm certain things are going to go as well as I think they are, I'm hanging onto it.

There are plenty of businesses you can talk to on Sat. Keep your job and start your business via phone calls on your lunch hour.

I'm old school (meaning someone calls me mom)... and while I admire your gusto to get off the pot and trudge through the trenches, I can't help but feel concerned for your welfare.

In this economy, you're taking quite a chance quitting a job that could take months to replace with only a dream to back you up. On the other hand, if you have savings to hold you over until more money rolls in, that's a different ball game.

AS A RISK TAKER:

Some of our best moments happen when we are challenged and working outside of our comfort zones. If you work well under "the gun" as they say... the outcome may be advantageous. Only you can decide.

Whatever you consider, i wish you all the best in your endeavors.

-- Mom mode off

Here is a few things I would do before I quit a job to work for myself.

Make calls in the morning, make calls during your lunch hour, make calls in the evening. You'll find many other business owners who work those same hours.

Work on Saturdays and Sundays.

If you have any vacation time coming, use that up first to gain customers.

Take $200 a week for 4 weeks and hire a telemarketer, if you can't afford the $200 a week right now, I would suggest you currently wouldn't have enough money to be able to just up and quit your job at this time.

When I use to sell houses, the first thing I would tell people to do who wanted to buy a bigger house, would be to take that increase in mortgage payments and add that amount to their current mortgage for 6 to 9 months. That way, they make sure they are able to make their payments and maintain the life style they want to live.

While it may sound like a great idea to up and quit your job, the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence; until you can plant and harvest your own crops.

Those seeds can be planted working the hours I suggested above. Keep your job and your current income; until you can harvest your own crops.

If working for yourself is your goal, then make a short term goal of signing your first 12 or 15 customers.

Then reward yourself with quitting your job.

Trying to start a new business is hard enough by itself, let alone the financial stress that it can create at the end of the month, when you have more bills than money.

Also, make sure the young lady in your life is on board with your plans, nothing creates stress in a relationship faster than money issues.

It's been 24 years since my last paycheck. I wish you well.

The only person who can decide if it's a right decision is you. If you feel it's the right thing to do, then quit, dive into mobile websites and marketing, and don't look back. Life is all about taking risks. Some risks work, some risks don't. If it don't work, pick up the pieces, move on and try again. You don't know until you try. Now's the time to take risks when you're 22, than when you're 42 with a family depending on you.

If some people waited until the "right" time they'd never try at all. Whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck. Happy Birthday as well!

For some people it is a good idea others a bad. Many people get caught up in busy work when they leave their job.

There is a difference between busy work and productive. Some people leaving a job they will be frozen with fear and do very little.

Others it will motivate them... Hope this one is you.

I say DO IT. I did it. The world didn't fall apart.

People are so conditioned to have a job. They think it's crazy to be "self-employed". I'll tell you right now, the most annoying part about not having a job is the way your friends/family will talk about you.

The best part is that you're only 22. Now is the best time to go bankrupt. You can screw up and start all over again (worst case scenario). Or, you can live the life you've finally been meaning to live.

Some idiot is spam promoting their money site, especially directly. Noobs.

I agree with Yukinara too. Think about it a hundred times before quitting your job. Have a list of pros and cons, and have a back-up plan if everything will not work out the way you hope for.

Think about this: many jobless others are hoping to be in that position that you are in now.

I don't think that's a good idea at all.

I know you want to break free of the grind and that's cool, but I got some reason for my madness hear me out bro...

1. You need to use that "break free" of the grind desire as motivation - soon as you're out of there what's your motivation?

2. If you get too low on income and savings - you'll get really really neeeedy... and needy salesman have skinny kids.

3. You won't have extra money for marketing....

Here's what I think ya oughta do, use the money you're making live on scraps for a bit, and market your business, use the inbound calls to schedule around your lunchtimes or free times (weekends).

Use your nights to market at night - send emails and leave messages on business owner voicemails.

Chris

Don't take any hasty decision,think once or twice about what you are doing.

Quitting your job? How about quitting on waiting for a reply to your post? lol ... Any hoo, don't quit your job!! Work on this a while. I have been working on an ecommerce site for "2" years (yeah that's right 2 years!). I'm talking about a highly tangible, and seeked product and it doesn't happen over night. So, don't quit the job, but keep working on your dreams... they can come true.

In the mid 80s I drove by a concrete plant that went broke. There was a for sale sign on the 3.5 acres piece of industrial land. I made a ridiculous offer through my realtor. The bank came back with a price just a bit more than what I offered.

I agreed to the price, asked the bank to finance and they did. Then I asked them to finance 3.5 acres of Self Storage to be completed in 4 stages. They did. Everyone assured me the business would fail.

15 years later, I retired to paradise. Those who doubted the project are still working.

Just do it and don't look back--ever.

Wow, 22 pretty young, last month I turned 19. I'm kind of scared to be 21 then I will really be on my own! But, it seems like now a days everybody in internet world get stuck up as if the internet is the only way out and is quitting there job. If you love what you do it's going to be guarantee success for you. Anything and everything is possible, I believe in God so I believe that it's possible. I know there are some people that don't but know that you have to have faith and be positive that it will work. I can't say either it's the best choice or the wrong choice, there's no telling what's going to happen.

I'm 20 right now. I quit my job a few months back to get into this full time. Which was cool for a bit and then my clients basically crapped out. Now, I am still making enough money to stay afloat online to cover my expenses (by selling websites like crazy). But it is hard work, and not something I would recommend unless you had at least 4 or so clients, and you were making at least like $800-1200 a month. Like the guy said above, try and make it work while you are at your job. Get a few clients under your belt, and then quit once you are able to just about match a salary to live off of.

It is possible to quit your job and go full-time into this and make money, but the odds of that happening are against you, and it will probably take you a couple months to get yourself a foundation to build your business off of.

But my real advice is to just quit, and try it out. What's the worse that can happen, you have to end up going back to live with somebody and working a job for a while?

I think you should avoid quitting your job until you have something secured. Trust me I would love to do this full time and I work 13 hour days in my regular job and still come home and do this at night time and my days off. Don't jump in blind, get a few clients first until you are making okay money to get you by then go fulltime to start making the extra money.. good luck

It depends, do you have a place to stay? Can you live at your parents house for a few months so you don't have to worry about the money?

If so than go for it. You should do it, it'll be worth it.

I see two different school of thought here. From my own experience, you shouldn't quit until you have something solid going. The potential of making tons of money is there. But if you don't have a foundation to build on, you are jumping out there with nothing.

Just think before leaving the job. You may proceed further but check yourself in that area weather im suitable for this job or not

Well, hiding and running from the fear to failing is something which I wont advice you.. There are times in our life when the time tough time really panics a lot.. Just want to say that Tough time never last, but tough people does.. so dont quite..

I think it's important to keep firmly in mind where the job market is right now (not sure where you're located, but a lot of countries are not doing well right now.)

People are saying that sure, if he tries and fails he can just find another job, but at 22 and not knowing what skills he has, there may simply not be one available.

One other thing to note - and I mean no offense by this - but if you're going to be serving English-speaking clients, you will need to improve your English skills before taking the leap. Again though, I don't know where you are.

on this crisis the worst is to give a stable job.

Don't do it!!!...From you statement it is obvious to me that you do not have a back-up plan...meaning you only have your job to support you. On that note, that is the reason I say "Do Not Do It!!!" Stick with your job and start slow (Saturdays and Sundays) and see how it turns out for you!

Once you have a good sustainable business that you can give up, quit then. Dont screw yourself over, because when you got something running you wont be nervous and youll just worry about growing instead of setting up