http://ijumped.net poppy
I was thinking when I woke up in the early hours – jumping into self-employment for me can be compared to the immigrants leaving Liverpool a hundred or more years ago to find a new life in America. Once the decision is made and the deed done, there is no going back. For those people there was in most cases definitely no going back, because there was no way they would be able to afford it. Their leap into the unknown was literally a one-way ticket.
For me, in many ways it feels the same. When I was in my last contract, working in an office amongst employees, I deliberately held back, not getting too involved, keeping a certain distance, not building strong working relationships. As a result, I am pretty sure I damaged my chances of future contracts with that employer, and I knew that at the time. It was a deliberate decision to make the act of “jumping” more easy for me.
Now, today, as I type this with NIL income, no colleagues and at the dining room table, on my own, I realise that, for better or worse, like those immigrants I am here, now, in my new life, and there is no going back so I’d better move forward and give it my very best shot.
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