Quitting a job isn’t all that difficult.  I’ve done it more times than I can remember over the years.  All you have to do is stop going.

That’s the easy part. Then the fears and second-guessing begin. Now what do I do? Where’s the money going to come from? On and on it goes. I’ve always managed to land on my feet, but the sleepless nights can be damn wearing.  But still, I have little choice but to do it again. Soon. I’m getting close to 60 years old. I have too much I want to do with the second half of my life to waste any more of my time at a job.

Since I was last footloose this internet thing has really exploded. There are resources up the ass for making a living on it, some good and worthwhile, some frankly pretty cheesy. I tend to avoid those.

It seems to boil down to a few basic principles. Identify your niche, your passion, work like hell to build a presence, and go for it. Sounds easy. Yeah. Right. But it’s possible, and that’s good enough for me.

Here’s one interesting site about going your own way. It’s the blog of Chris Guillebeau called The Art of Non-Conformity.  It’s good stuff, down to earth stuff, by a guy who’s living what he talks about. Give it a look.

I’m still working on sorting the possibilities out.  If you’re working along the same lines, have any thoughts or ideas, give me a shout. Maybe we can pull our hair out together or something.

pj

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