Quit your job

Ever wanted to quit your job? It's a subject talked about regularly on-line and for good reason - estimates show that close to 60% of all workers dislike their current job and would like to do something different. Of course there is always exceptions to the rule, you hear stories of 'Joe the Janitor' who wouldn't trade his job for the world - but Joe is certainly in the minority.

Many of the on-line references to 'quit your job' refer to get rich quick schemes or exaggerated stories by webmasters in order to get their readers to buy something from them or paint themselves as a web guru.

I wanted to talk about this topic from a real world, personal point of view.

I am 29 years old and have been working full-time for over 10 years. After leaving school I immediately entered the workforce and began a trainee position in the telecommunications industry. While always enjoying computers after hours, initially dabbling with BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems) and the early 'text based' Internet in the mid 1990's - I found that turning computers and the internet into a full-time, decent earning job was a little tough.

In early 2007 my wife and I decided we would temporarily relocate from Sydney, Australia to a small town in Southern New Zealand for a year or two. My wife is originally from New Zealand and the opportunity to spend time with her family and take our young baby to a 'quiet little town' for a few years and experience a sea change was very inviting.

To prepare for the move, I quit my full-time job and began planning for the relocation. In the time I stopped working - I decided to spend my days working on-line, establishing some regular revenue. So I began channeling 95% of my efforts and daily activity into earning revenue on-line.

Through my Blogs; pay per click, backlink and affiliate programs have turned some small but interesting revenue. I have also been trading on eBay quite frequently, turning a handsome profit with minimal effort there and finally I have been buying and selling things like Domains and established Websites.

While the revenue earned won't allow me to retire just yet, the potential is certainly there and it has opened up my eyes to the power of 'making money online' - something usually thought of as impossible, but the opportunity is seriously there! Choosing to focus 'full-time' on earning money on-line made things so much easier and certainly within reach.

So in summary, I think so many of us can get caught up in the habit of: "Too busy making a living to make any money" - In other words, too busy working 8 hours a day in a job you don't like just to make ends meet - when really if you took a chance and focused all your efforts on-line, the potential to earn good revenue and enjoy doing it is certainly on offer.

Got a good story of successful on-line earnings? No matter how small, I'd like to hear what you've been able to achieve and the potential for the future.