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From Remarkable Communications Blog- For those of you who need inspiration to fly solo and fire your employer!-well sort of (maybe I should say become your own employer?)

It’s not lame to have a day job

I loved many things about my day job, one of the nicest being that I knew exactly how my mortgage and health insurance were going to get paid for.

But the longer I was there, the harder it was to ignore some key facts.

1. I’m really not cut out to work in a company bigger than about five people.
2. My job looked like it was going to disappear in the next round of layoffs, so I was very in tune with the reality that day jobs don’t equal security.
3. Working harder and putting more passion in didn’t get me any greater results. In fact, it just got on the nerves of many of the senior executives.
4. I’d built a strong foundation to go solo, with the blog, the email newsletter, and the wonderful professional relationships I’d nurtured.
5. The economy was in a perfect place to support the kind of work I wanted to do on my own. That meant that I would be able to help a lot more people by devoting more time to my own thing.

None of that means I think day jobs are evil. That one I had just stopped being suitable for me.

This article will certainly resonate with many of you. This is the ultimate strain on managing a work-life balance and staying organized is a definite must to stay on top of your game. Share with us how you manage your day job and side job/weekend job/ or other business venture?

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