{"id":585,"date":"2017-04-10T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T12:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplecert.wpengine.com\/getbusy\/en\/?p=585"},"modified":"2017-05-12T13:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:46:05","slug":"6-millennials-who-quit-their-day-jobs-share-how-they-did-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hepis.gr\/getbusy\/en\/2017\/04\/10\/6-millennials-who-quit-their-day-jobs-share-how-they-did-it\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Millennials Who Quit Their Day Jobs Share How They Did It"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many full-time employees, millennials in particular,\u00a0<\/span>joining the gig economy<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>is an alluring prospect. Understandably so.<\/p>\n

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Being a member of the gig economy,\u00a0<\/span>while potentially risky<\/a>,\u00a0affords many of us the opportunity to quit our \u201creal\u201d jobs and travel the world while earning a living with\u00a0<\/span>unparalleled flexibility<\/a>. Or, it can create a more appealing\u00a0<\/span>work-life balance<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>of collaborating only with the clients we choose.<\/p>\n

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To shed more light on why so many of us are making this shift, I recently reached out to\u00a0<\/span>ten millennials who left their jobs<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to join the gig economy and asked them to share exactly how (and why) they made the leap. Here\u2019s what six of them had to say.<\/p>\n

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1 & 2. Selena Slavenburg & Jacob Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2016, Selena Slavenburg and Jacob Taylor left their jobs in Los Angeles and set out to travel Europe for what they thought would be a few months. They used their\u00a0<\/span>writing and photography skills to document<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>their adventures on\u00a0<\/span>Instagram<\/a>. Fast forward nearly a year later, the couple now live in Amsterdam where Slavenburg is a part-time marketing consultant and Taylor freelances remotely as a videographer and photographer.<\/p>\n

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With more than 36,000 Instagram followers, they\u2019re now confident in their decision to leave Los Angeles, but it wasn\u2019t that easy at first. Slavenburg shares, \u201cWe love traveling and knew if we had the opportunity to move abroad or travel and be financially secure, we\u2019d take it. I was working full-time out of an office in Los Angeles, so it was a scary thought for me to just up and leave. Finally, we both reached a point where we said, \u2018Let\u2019s go for it.\u2019 My biggest fear was putting ourselves in a situation where we\u2019d be desperate for work, but that never happened. I truly believe if you\u2019re passionate about a lifestyle change, you can make anything work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The need for new skills has been their biggest hurdle, shares Taylor. \u201cGrowing our blog, Instagram brand\u00a0and freelance work has required learning new skills that were at one point completely foreign to us. Things constantly change and develop, so we\u2019ve had to redo a lot of the original work that we spent long hours on. We\u2019ve had to find a balance between wanting things to be perfect and being pragmatic — it\u2019s a lesson we\u2019ll carry as we continue to grow our business.\u201d<\/p>\n

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3. Talia Koren<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This influencer marketing consultant,\u00a0<\/span>freelance writer<\/a>, and former\u00a0<\/span>Elite Daily<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>staff writer is based in New York — not a cheap city to live and work in. She writes about personal finance, healthy habits\u00a0and content trends.<\/p>\n

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Unlike many other freelancers, Koren didn\u2019t land herself in the gig economy completely by choice. \u201cI started freelancing after my whole team was cut from a large online publication last year. I plan on freelancing for as long as possible because I now have the freedom to choose my clients, the work I do, and set my own pace. Freelancing also allows me to help my clients in the best ways I can, without the restriction of a job title or department.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As Koren puts it, her biggest struggle since making the shift to the gig economy last year has been,\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/strong>Learning how to manage my time! I have no problem sitting down, focusing, and getting to work. The problem is knowing when to take a break. I have to force myself to get out of\u00a0<\/span>WeWork<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or my home office (my bed) or else I’d just never stop working to go above and beyond for my clients.\u201d<\/p>\n

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4. Brittany Ann Cool<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By creating\u00a0<\/span>highly shareable short films, gifs, and visual content<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for global brands like Alaska Airlines, Lord & Taylor and Subaru, Brittany Ann Cool has built an impressive list of clients since starting her journey in the gig economy at the age of 21.<\/p>\n

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Choosing to go freelance wasn\u2019t just about the lifestyle flexibility for Cool. When she was 21, she made the conscious decision to take photography seriously. \u201cAt the time, it was also an act of rebellion — mostly against the steady, secure, pigeonholing career track my parents insisted I go on. I was determined to make a living solely on individual creative endeavors. Photography is also a very physical job at times, and being at a desk all day did not interest me. After all, growing up I was the kid that couldn’t sit still for very long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s been a lot of hard work, adaptation and learning along her path to building her brand as a photographer over the years. Cool explains, \u201cI\u2019m proud to say my clients have come to me specifically for my artistic direction, not because they need any run-of-the-mill photographer. I\u2019m continuously staying up on trends and new software, and this has allowed me to expand the services I offer. I\u2019ll admit, I still struggle with networking. My advice for freelancers is to get out there and meet people. It\u2019s important to not only meet with potential clients, but to meet other people within your industry and share information face-to-face. Working for yourself is often very isolating. The benefit of learning a new skill from co-workers does not always exist in the day-to-day life of a freelancer — go out and make valuable connections!\u201d<\/p>\n

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5. Zina Kumok<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After graduating college with around $28,000 in student loan debt, Zina Kumok paid it all off \u00a0in three years\u2014on an annual salary of just over $30,000. She\u2019s been featured in\u00a0<\/span>Time<\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>USA Today<\/em>, and\u00a0<\/span>LifeHacke<\/em>r and now\u00a0<\/span>writes and speaks about personal finance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kumok started\u00a0<\/span>freelancing on the side of her day job<\/a>\u00a0and didn\u2019t join the gig economy because she wanted to travel the world as a digital nomad. She explains, \u201cOnce I started making as much freelancing as I did in my full-time job, it made more sense to quit and see what I could do with a full 40-hours a week. I typically have between a dozen and 20 writing and content marketing clients in the financial space. Each month is different, so the hardest thing has been predicting where my business is going. I’d recommend that anyone interested in freelancing create an emergency fund so they don’t go scavenging at the bottom when times are tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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6. Justas Markus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For half of the day, Justas Markus is the CEO at\u00a0<\/span>Just&Tom<\/a>, a content marketing and branding consultancy. The other half of the day, he\u2019s a blogger for publications like\u00a0Entrepreneur<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Markus can\u2019t imagine working for someone else\u00a0ever again. \u201cI was working for a bank, and I didn’t like it. So, I decided to start working online. I prefer to plan everything by myself. I can choose my own clients and it allows me to travel a lot. I’ve been to more than 40 countries, and now I’m skipping winter in Lithuania by living in Bali.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Business wasn\u2019t great in the beginning, though — Markus had a bumpy road to where he is now, collaborating with companies like GoDaddy and Smashing Magazine. \u201cThe first year of freelancing was kind of hard because income was unstable. But after pushing through that difficult time, it was much easier. The more you write, the more people see you, and it’s easier to get a job after putting in enough hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: entrepreneur.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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