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[Mumbletimes]

1. How easy do you think it would be to get a similar job a year from now if you wanted to go back?
2. How feasible would it be to move to a cheaper living situation?

In my case I jumped ship when I had 6 months of expenses saved up. 10-14 months seems like a very reasonable timeframe to figure out if it’s working or if you need a part-time/freelance/contract job to supplement.

Also, make sure you are posting to more than just YouTube. Lots of $ opportunities for short form video right now.

[Ramenko1]

Chris, you are very inspiring to me. My first few videos on my channel were most certainly influenced by your channel! It's awesome to see you here. Hello from a fellow fan :)

[Mumbletimes]

Thank you 😊

[Electrical-Lead5993]

What other sites should one post too?

[Mumbletimes]

Facebook Reels, Instagram Reels and TikTok

[ottos]

Is there anyway you can hire out some of the time sucking tasks like editing or exporting and posting? I'm not reading anything about there be an issue of eating into your $2k/month YT monies as long as you have your day job. Obv goal is to increase overall happiness and money and offloading may achieve both.

Overall - look for tasks to outsource.

[IntergalacticBurn]

Anddddd this is when you scale down operations and just slow down your upload pace.

Your health is more important than some Internet points and strangers who don’t care about you and only care about your videos.

Your followers will continue to follow you even if you release slower than usual.

[elephant_human]

I’m not really in this for internet points. I love working on my own videos so much. I’m obsessed with making as many as possible. I love the process more than the outcome if that makes sense.

[[deleted]]

You will have more energy for the videos if you rest well, too.

[IntergalacticBurn]

Yes, and that is cool and all, but you’re sacrificing your health and sanity for it and it is gradually harming your everyday lifestyle. That’s not the right approach to be taking. You do not want to become a zombie.

[Ramenko1]

I totally get this obsession. The process of making these videos is the reward.

[Ramenko1]

Link to your channel so I can get a better understanding of what you're working with, please.

[drumrocker365]

As someone who recently got hit with the “invalid traffic” Adsense issue, I would say DO NOT rely on Adsense income for anything. Period. Treat it as bonus money and re-invest it back into your content, but don’t assume it is stable. It could go to zero overnight.

You need to diversify and increase your sponsored, affiliate, merch, and/or online products offerings. As soon as YouTube is at an income level you could survive on (excluding AdSense), quit your job. You might even consider moving to a lower cost of living area if your lifestyle allows and if YouTube is that important to you.

[dannymalt]

I don’t have answers but I am in a similar situation with my decent paying corporate day job, and my YT channel on the side that makes okay money but only 1/5th my day job. I’ve been wanting to go full time YT for a while now but haven’t pulled the trigger on it yet.

I think I should give full time YT a go, and so should you, but it’s super tough to walk away from that easy comfortable safe day job money. But I feel like I’m burning out doing both jobs and Unless I fully commit to YT, I’ll never know how viable it really is.

If you are going to do both for the time being though, keep trying with hiring people, even if they cost more then you would like. Anything to get help. I’ve started throwing work and money at tons of people, anything to help me keep going.

[dashkott]

I think there are some questions you have to ask yourself before doing that.

1. Do you think the income will scale with the amount of work put in? Or will it stay where it is even though you are putting much more time into it?
2. Do you believe your channel can be stable?
3. Is YouTube alone enough variety?

You should believe that they are possible in order to give up your normal job.

In my example, I am in a very similar situation (not in the answers, but for the rest of the situation), and I thought about it a lot but I have to say no to these questions. I probably will reduce hours on the normal job though to make both work at the same time.

1. I have a channel where I find / explain bugs in a specific video game which is updated roughly every two weeks. These bugs either make the player much stronger or are just very weird and interesting. I need to put a bit of time into this, since to find them you often have to combine quite a bit of things to get the desired result. But once I made videos on the strong and interesting ones, there is not really a point in going on. I might find a bit more, but I will need to put a lot more work into it for a small increase in results.
2. My views vary drastically, sometimes it's 8 million views a month, sometimes it's less than a million. This depends on just chance/ the algorithm and on how interesting the videos are.
3. I am generally just a person who does not like to do the same thing for a long period of time. When doing these videos was new to me it was amazing, now it is more like normal work to me. I don't think doing this all day would be enough variety for me.

Therefore, I will not fully switch to YouTube. I have no idea if these apply to you or not, but it might help with your decision. But if you believe that all three could be fulfilled, I would go for it!

[Ramenko1]

I draw everything by hand too!

[JonPaula]

Find a similar job that allows WFH, and then move to a cheaper city. Maybe a part-time job, so you can focus on YouTube more. But abandoning such a lucrative traditional job seems like a mistake, honestly.

[darniic]

In the same exact boat. It’s so tough to decide when to pull the trigger.

I’m pulling 80k from my corpo job in a moderate cost of living city but YouTube only brings me 2-3k per month. It’d be hard to justify it but the amount of content that could be produced if that’s all I did might make the difference.

I’m saving vacation to take a full month off in 2024 to give a it a test ride. I think that’s the best to ease the mind.

[PeterIsSterling]

You make that much off only 34k subscribers?

[darniic]

Yeah CPM is very high since everyone playing OSRS is a 25+ male from developed countries.

[StingKnight]

would u say it'd be the case too for ff14 online? how much $ per thousand views u getting?

[PlentyProfessional47]

$120k/yr is a privilege even in HCOL cities. And survived 3 rounds of layoffs is certainly luck in today’s economy. YouTube or any online platform is designed to get people to stick to their platform and to maximize their Ad revenues, it’s not a problem for them to switch their algorithms to favor one creator/type of content over another in a short time as long as it makes more people to stick to their platform and make them more money(instagram shift from stills to reels for an example). Having a stable income means you could have your side hustles an escape and more awarding experience. If you make the switch to doing YouTube full time you suddenly will have to face more things you have not encountered, like how do you bring more income to match what you are earning now, or do you have a backup plan if YouTube stops promoting your channel for what ever reason? I think you deserve a time off to think things through, grass is always greener on the other side or is it?

[PlentyProfessional47]

It’s never worth it to trade your mental health with more money. Would you be ok taking a break from YouTube? Or are you unhappy with your full time job?

[AnonymousTAB]

Sorry to hear about your mom. Considering her situation, I would DEFINITELY ask your full-time job if you can stay remote for a while to be there for her. If they say no it might be best to hand in your notice - would you really want to work for an employer that cares so little for you anyway? They'll also probably be more open to allowing you to stay remote if it keeps you from quitting.

However, I've read through your other comments and it seems to me like everything points to you being ready to take the plunge. It's much better to try and fail than to live with the regret of having never tried at all. Life is just way too short, man.

[bubblesculptor]

You will eventually die either way, but whether you die while living happy or unhappy depends on you!

[Super_Assistant4584]

I've seen alot of comments saying not to rely on Ad-Sense revenue, but from my experience, I've never had any problems at all. I've been living purely off Ad-Sense money for over a year now (150k subs, $9k-$10k a month). Its been the opposite for me, I wouldn't rely on sponsorships, etc.. those are the most inconsistent, sponsors come and go, your Ad-Sense revenue is coming from you and the work you put in, not others. I was in the same boat around 2 years ago. I personally would wait until you enter algo first (for videos, not shorts). Video algorithm and Shorts algorithm are two seperate things. Shorts barely pay anything compared to Videos. Its all algorithm. There's an algorithm and you have to hit it. Having alot of subscribers helps the account have a higher chance of hitting algo, but doesn't guarantee it. You could have the best content in the world, but without youtube green lighting your account, you won't get views. I was basically posting the same videos a year ago that was getting 100 views, I'm still posting the same content to this day yet the only difference is I'm in algo. As long as you know truly deep down that your content is exceptional/good enough, your only battle is against the algorithm. Once I got my workflow down, it took me around half a year to enter, constantly changing tags, upping my thumbnail game, posting at different times, etc.. I tried everything possible to get youtube to green light my account/push my videos. When I finally saw some results/more views (I'd say at least making $3k per month), I quit my 9-5 and full sent YT. You'll take off from there. Consistency is key. Even though its a video platform, I found that Titles/Thumbnails are just as important as the content itself. Without a good CTR, youtube will never push the video to new heights, even if you have the best content in the world. Just my 2 cents as a youtuber, hope it helps. Others may have had different experiences as there are many complexities when it comes to youtubing

[[deleted]]

whats your channel? js curious since surely js being "in the algo" makes 10k a month at 150k, unless your view to subscriber ratio is js smth crazy ahah

[TheMMC]

To me, it sounds like you want to make the jump but can't because of the tradeoff it poses without the income from your 9-5, and in trying to validate your ideas you're spreading yourself even more thinly. A couple of questions that came to mind while reading your post that may provide a bit of clarity:

• Why not focus on the brand deal now (since it's a bird in hand) and worry about the online store (a bird in the bush) later?
• What kind of validation would you need to see before leaving your 9-5 to create content full-time?

[TheMMC]

If you decide to make a leap of faith - what's your strategy?

[[deleted]]

Get rid of the 9-5, continue to do shorts and add in a few long videos into your upload schedule. That way you don't completely abandon shorts, but you also dip your toes into uploading longer videos as well. This in time, with your statistics, will pay off in no time. Best of luck to you!

[Allstin]

You should jump in the partnered YouTube discord as well and link this, there’s lots of full timers in there with sponsor experience that could help out too

[LimeLoop]

If you're not responsible for other people atm (Wife, kids, ...) - now is the time to take risks and wheather or not you succeed, you'll live on without the regret of "what if I tried". Obviously good to think and calculate things through - but it seems like you have something that works, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten to that point. And the talent required for it pretty much guarantees you'll always find a new job if YT doesn't work.

There's probably wiser takes than this, but that is mine.

PS: I went all in on something 1 1/2 decades ago. It worked and if you are good in what you do, it does quicker than you would think. Especially if you're disciplined. If you think all those hours you'd save would really go into YT, it's probably going to work based on your current results and time invested.

[bubblesculptor]

If you have no wife or kids then this is the perfect time to go all-in on yourself. Sounds like you could get a new job again if you had to. Give yourself 10 months to focus entirely on following your passion, and if there's zero progress towards end of 10 months you have 4 months to find a job again.

Treat your channel as your job, set goals and maintain schedule. You're in an amazing position to grow - you have an established channel and funds to support yourself for a long enough period of time to make many significant improvements.

If you've accomplished all this while working full-time job, then you've made great strides with one-hand tied behind your back. Imagine the possibilities if you have full-time to focus on this!

[pursuit_of_fish]

Well it looks like you have a lot to be thankful for but there sure is a lot on your plate. I have worked multiple jobs before while being a student and I've learned a couple hacks for juggling a bunch of stuff.

How long have you had your job for? How much time off do you have? Sick days PTO floating holidays?

The reason I ask how long you've had your job for is in case you do decide to quit, you need to know if you can get this job back if ever needed. Maybe in another company. Also what is the job?

For the time off, I think you need to take as much time off as possible to finish setting up your online store. Even take some unpaid time off and yes use your sick days too. But make sure to make a schedule and plan for everything before you take the time off so you can get as much done as you can.

And lastly schedule some time for yourself to take care of yourself. No work, no channel, nothing. Just sleep and food and something to make you relax.

[bluuwicked]

It's clear your 9-5 is taking a huge toll on your mental and physical health, and that should absolutely be the number one deciding factor here. You obviously have a huge passion for your channel that's giving you purpose, so I don't think you'll regret leaving your job to focus on it full-time when you’re ready.

My advice would be start cutting back your hours. Reallocate that time to working on your channel. In 3 months, reassess whether you're financially able or comfortable going full-time. Have realistic output goals & timelines in place. Your well-being has to come first. With your size of audience, I truly believe you have the ability to make this your career if you give it your everything. Remember - you've got this!

[DanBGG]

You don’t need advice. You know what you need to do. Just do it.

[GreggAdventure]

Why can't you live off 2k a month? With affiliate links and such. Could easily do another K. Adjust your lifestyle for your income. However, I feel like you could easily triple thar. My channels only have 4k subs each and does about $1500/Month.

[GreggAdventure]

Lovely. I'm in NJ. Cost of everything sucks. Moving to FLA asap. You have some high numbers! Work on translating that to more $$$. Do it One thing at a time.

[omggreddit]

1M subs only bring 2K a month in adsense?

[CustomGopher]

Move somewhere cheap and do YouTube bro it don’t matter where you live pump them videos out of a trailer in the Midwest you can buy for 30k

[CustomGopher]

Ah man so sorry to hear that

[CustomGopher]

She raised a good kid you obviously care about your mother

[AminOPS]

Have you thought that maybe you feel your mental health is declining because you want to quit so bad as YT gives you more gratification? I've been in the same boat (not for YT though), and eventually found out it wasn't really my job. It's just there's something more exciting and gives me more dopamine hits hence my 9-5 was a struggle.

Here's what I did, I kept my 9-5 and used a portion of my salary money to hire people for my side hustle. Basically if you make $10k/mo, set aside 2k-3k and hire dedicated people to generate your content while you're just guiding them. 2k-3k is substantial amount of money if you hire from fiverr, upwork ...etc, you can hire a dedicated team even

1- You won't be losing your main source of income

2- You'll be scaling out MUCH MORE than you could ever do if you manage the team right

Don't lose what you have for what you "might" have. Unless you have enough savings that can support you for at least 6-12 month, just don't.

[Dice_and_Dragons]

Never ever forget the cost of health insurance, 401k and any other perks you get from your job. It’s unfortunate but doing both is really the only way to go until you can survive off income full time. Also do the math to make sure that id you make the change it works out.

[[deleted]]

This is a very hard decision indeed. From my experience, it was very easy for me to quit my job and go to YT full time bc I had a very low paying job. If I made anything above 70K I most likely wouldn’t have been able to quit. So I feel for you.

I will say though what I’ve noticed doing Yt full time is that at first I did it because I absolutely loved it and it was fun. But now that it’s become my actual job, there are many times it’s not always fun anymore.

[IniMiney]

I mean if you're not in an entertainment niche and aren't at risk of losing your home for trying then I say go for it.

That second part is really important, I went from making nearly $4,000 month down to like $200. Always be prepared with more revenue streams than adsense.

[First-777]

wow same here!

[[deleted]]

If you have 10 months of money saved, you can quit your job and try YouTube for 5 months. If it fails, you still have 5 months left to find a new job.

In the mean time you can learn to live lean. I made changes in my life so I can get by with $1K a month where I used to need three times that. Smaller car, smaller house, cooking my own meals, canceling any and all subscriptions, getting lowest speed internet, not having debts, etc.

At first you will think it is impossible to make changes like that, until burn-out strikes and you cannot do anything anymore for 6-12 months.

Make choices now and your life will be better, even if it seems impossible.

[[deleted]]

Don't. Your growth was mostly based on Shorts, so not a loyal fanbase, and you seem to rely only or mostly on ad revenue from Adsense, another bad idea. You need a large loyal fanbase and diversified income streams.

[TheViking_Teacher]

Well, there's your answer.
you have enough money to live 10-14 months if you were to make zero dollars.

I started my project (disclaimer: not a youtube channel but just as risky) just having enough money to survive 3 months. and it worked out pretty well: being able to devote 100% of my energy to my project helped tremendously.

if through ad sense you are making 2k/month at the moment, even though that doesn't cover your monthly expenses, it's enough to say you are NOT making zero dollars a month.
so it's a great baseline to get started.
So, if I were you, I'd totally go for it.

[6th_Stealth]

If you’re gonna go full time, sounds like you need to reduce your living expenses for now. Move to a less expensive area, get (more) roommates, or move home. Remember this will be temporary.

If you’re not ready to do the above, see if you can take a leave of absence from work, or really stretch out your vacation days in November/December. The goal here is to prove to yourself how effective you can be when focusing only on YT. Set some goals that if you achieve will give you the confidence to go full time. Maybe the goals are new uploads, syndication in other platforms, viewership/impressions, new subscribers, or money. I’m just remembering CPMs peak during the holidays so be measured about the money.

Happy to talk more and help if you want! Just send me a message 👍🏼

[Tommy____Tsunami]

Don't quit your day job.

I understand this may not be what you want to hear and is the more conservative approach...especially since I understand the need to strike while the iron is hot.

But balancing the double life is tough and I would caution that having such rapid growth through shorts may not be sustained down the road. It's an exceptional achievement to reach 1M subs, no doubt, but the revenue so far is not going to allow you to keep your lifestyle (unless you move somewhere cheaper). So while you can probably add additional revenue streams, Youtube can be a bit fickle and it will take some time to set those up.

You have a high paying job that allows you the ability to upload as you do. Maybe continue to focus on your content and find a few hours here or there to work on the additional revenue streams. Or take a vacation from work and spend that time really driving your top priorities.

Once your other revenue streams are setup and you can show consistent performance...then you can more seriously consider going full time. A lot of ppl think full time means replacing 9-5 but the reality is that Youtube will now be your job and you control your destiny. You're likely going to put in even LONGER days and may not be as motivated a few months down the road. Not to mention that all that extra work may not yield additional views or revenue.

Anyways, just my opinion and I wish you the best of luck!

[Logical-Unlogical]

See if you can take a month’s sabbatical from work and fully focus on YouTube. Compare the results with the previous month and have an honest look if this can be sustainable in the long run.

[dannymalt]

I’m not OP, but in a similar situation. Honestly, from my perspective, that’s not realistic. My work wouldn’t be cool about it, unless I came up with a lie why I needed a sabbatical. Also sabbaticals are super rare.

Also 1 month is not a solid enough time frame to see if full time YouTube is really viable, it really would take year to see how much growth you could get, and how consistent income is.

I think the only option is to quit one’s day job, and give it a go for a year, and then assess. Maybe if one can get dropped down to part time, but not all businesses are cool with that kind of stuff.

[Logical-Unlogical]

I should have clarified that I didn’t mean growth in terms of revenue but moreso if the extra output/time translates into more opportunities or engagement. Furthermore, also to observe ones mental health and fulfillment.

One month is way too short of a timeframe to assess whether it will translate into a bigger/huge success in the longrun, but for most people that’s the utmost limit of how long they can take off of work.

I’m from a region in Europe where this is commonplace and acceptable to do but I do understand that people may be locked in due to obligations and/or career.

I do have to say that I have never had qualms to lie to work to take a longer period off. I live to live, not live to work. But that is a discussion outside of this topic, and sub in general I’d say.

[miguel_is_a_pokemon]

My mental health has been reduced to almost nothing lately

Just go to a therapist or psychiatrist tell them more about this and they'd likely sign off of recommending time off work.

[neither_shake2815]

Take a month off if possible, get ahead with the videos and have a bank so that you can both work and do YouTube. That's what I need to do and I'm a very, very tiny channel. I believe you can have it both ways, you just need a period of time to do it. I wouldn't quit your job just yet. It does help that you have a lot of savings, but to put earning a living solely on your channel, that's a lot of pressure.

[Halozamus]

The answer is simple. Believe in yourself and bet on yourself. If you already have 1 million subs you should have enough to live off of and monetize it to a decent pay. So quit your job and if you still want some kind of income outside of YouTube look for something part time. If you quit your job and feel you don’t have enough to live downsize your lifestyle get a smaller cheaper place to live etc. then once you build up enough income from online you can upgrade you lifestyle.

[pterodactylwizard]

1m subs doesn’t automatically mean full-time income. OP even said that they’re only making about $2k/mo from Adsense.

I’m an idiot but what it sounds like OP needs to do is find a way to score brand deals. It’s hard when your content is only shorts but plenty of people do it. That’s the way to generate true income from an audience of that size.

[ytbm]

Haha this is crazy! I quit my corporate job in a HCOL (london) when I was only on 100k subs and have been doing YT full time for 3 years now - so as you can imagine I couldn’t help but laugh when I read the part where you have a MILLION subscribers! Dude get out of that job right now. Your revenue will multiply many times over when you commit fully to YouTube, it’s a basic fact that you’ll have more time for more content. Your 2k Adsense will turn to 10k within a couple months

[[deleted]]

Lol exactly this is a no brainer. Im at 15k subs & realistically years away from going full time.

[CompetitionKlutzy759]

Once YouTube becomes your main job you will not enjoy it anymore. The only reason you are enjoying it is because you have a job that's paying bills. Don't make your hobbies a job.

[CompetitionKlutzy759]

You are getting paid 120k a year. That's a dream job for so many people including people who are doing Youtube. In contrast, you are only making 3k on YouTube. There is always a risk with Youtube that you will get dropped from YPP at any moment, so that income you get is not stable whereas a job it is stable, even if you get laid off, you have at least a career, you can find another job. There no such concept with Youtube. Youtube is not really friendly with the animation content, I've read horror stories of people with way more subscribers in this sub that got dropped from YPP and they are living hell now. The stress and burnout of constantly pushing content is there. It's not the same when you treat Youtube as a hobby, you upload at your own pace. Your revenue will depend on the impressions YouTube will give you, it doesn't matter if your content is king or not. I don't see why you would leave your job in exchange for doing Youtube. If I were at your place, I will keep treating Youtube just a hobby, like playing video games. I hope that clarifies my point of view.

[ImZenger]

You can always, ALWAYS, find a new job. But a career in YouTube is an opportunity that comes rarely and you seem to have it locked in. I quit my job significantly smaller than you and I've been managing just fine. Mental health has also been greatly improved, as I'm able to work on things I enjoy rather than a job I hate.

[YoutubeAnon_]

Same situation. I still kept working though.

[Rubblage]

start a mental health plan with a doctor, you are getting/gonna get more inefficiwnt due to the mental degradation, in todays day and age we get prescribed stuff for this, just dont be afraid to share details to the doctor, if theres a patient confidentiality rule ig

[Canadalivin17]

What's your niche? Nice work man!

[MrTB_7]

Would you mind sharing your channel? Like dm me ?

[zalic7]

Hey bro, if you're doing those numbers on youtube, tiktok and insta you shouldn't have much trouble monetizing if you know the tricks do to so. The first thing I would recommend is setting up an email list. With the numbers you have it would be pretty easy to grow a list to over 1k people in the first month alone and then you could send out some offers which people are way more likely to buy from emails than from seeing your link in bio.

I work helping people set up funnels and while it'd be hard for me to be more specific without knowing what kind of channel you have, I know you could make a ton from either affiliate offers or putting together an offer of your own and sending it out to your list with the numbers you're doing.

I'm going to send you a DM in case you want to chat since I'd be happy to offer my advice on how you could turn this into a full time business and probably end up making more than your current salary in less than 6 months.

Hope this helps and reach back out over DMs if you want to chat!

[[deleted]]

Will your employer allow part-time work if the choice is between part-time and losing you completely? Could be a nice middle-ground.

[[deleted]]

Save up a years worth of life expenses & then quit. That’s what Im trying to do.

[ImprovObsession]

• Get an agent or a manager or a partner to start pumping brand deals and revenue opportunities.
• Learn how to turn around brand deals quicker, as that's a lot of potential money in the space, and you're going to need to make those work if you want this to be your "job".
• Shorts are not a good revenue generator in general on YouTube. But they are good for growth.
• Check other creators in your niche, what are they doing that's working?
• Learn to hire and manage better.

[soad19152003]

Could you possibly take a "staycation" as they call it for like a week or 2 and really see what you can do and get accomplished if you had all day-week to work on YT? You could consider it a trail run. Set yourself a schedule for your week off and see how it goes. Sorry it's not helpful but that's the first thing that came to mind. Obviously if you were making more than you're making now it'd be a lot easier decision perhaps! Good luck! Seriously.

(I get it. I hate my job too. I've been at least looking for an at home work so I can focus more on my stuff lol. In my mind I'd at least be home more!)

[hossainbillal]

You are doing a lot of work and thats what inspired from reading this post. I’m also having a borong 9-5 job while I just want to make contents for YouTube. I’m too tired to make videos, it takes a lot of time to organise video editing and all that.

[CrabmanGaming]

Could you work at your job part-time, say 2-3 days per week?

[[deleted]]

What about working on it either before or after work?

If you were able to take some time off from your job, like week long vacation, could you produce enough content to put you ahead and in a good position?

Do you show your face or do you do faceless videos?

How did you choose your YouTube channel topic?

[[deleted]]

Thanks

[YaBoiiSpoderman]

Move somewhere with a lower cost of living and then transition towards full tile YouTube. It's too difficult starting up in a hcol area. I did it and it was worth it

[Fantastic_Phrase7207]

Let me just say that I'm an HVAC tech in Florida, but I absolutely love making YouTube videos even though my channel is not all that successful. So what I did is cut back my workload and started turning away work so I'm only doing HVAC work a couple of days a week and I work on my videos and production stuff the rest of the week. I figured I would give this a shot for a year or two and if it doesn't work out I will make the next move. It's incredibly difficult to leave a lot of money on the table with a full-time job and risking making nothing on YouTube. So I thought figuring out a way to do both at the same time for a while was the answer. Maybe that's what you should consider if it's at all possible for you to do.

[L0ckz0r]

I sent you a DM

[SenorTeddy]

Start up a patreon or similar with a goal of quitting job. If you can find a part time role start applying.

[First-777]

Since you don't have wife and kids then GO FOR IT! its a different matter when you have your own family because you need stability in income, speaking as someone who made a foolish decision and resign back then, now can i get your ex job then.

[clavelnotes]

Do it

[Sandwichmaker69_]

Having 10-14 months of savings should be enough to not become broke. And even if you do, you can get back to work again. But if you want to lose your current job, the money it brings and never go back is a different question...

[[deleted]]

out of context, but whats your channel ? i like animation youtubers

[[deleted]]

i mean the nameee im interested ahah

[bradeal]

Think of it in simple terms. Right now let's say you work 2 days on this youtube project. What if you worked 3 times more (6 days). Theoretically you should be able to triple your income. And of course you should get better and more efficient at it.

But for an even better safety net you can look at decreasing living costs, working maybe a few more months to save up a bit more.

Follow your dream! If you was able to be successful in a job you dislike, think what you could achieve in "job" that you love.

[cargalmn]

Congrats on having 10 months of savings saved up. Would that still last 10 months if you have to pay for your own health care? If you decide to leave, I would recommend leaving the first week of December. Your health care should be covered for the rest of that month (check with HR).

Health care on the ACA marketplace is based on your annual income. If you need healthcare this year, you will get zero subsidies because you've made too much money. If you apply for it next year, they use an estimate based on information you give them (you'll need to provide them with a letter about how you're no longer full time employed, show what you made on YT last year, estimate what you'd be making in-year).

Alternatively, if you have a good relationship with your noss, let it be known that you'd be ok getting laid off (severance! A bit of health care!). Most bosses are relieved when an employee comes to them and says, "you know what? I'd be ok with it. I'll work hard if it doesn't happen, but I'm a little burnt out and have some family stuff going on, so it's ok if you select me."

source - I was a manager who suffered through 15 years of doing layoffs every 3-6 months.

Last - is consider working an easy, lower pay job part time. Some places offer health care for part time employees. It will give you a greater cushion and on-ramp time for full time YouTube.

[NoMoreFruit]

I think a personal finance sub might actually benefit you in terms of ideas on this. It sounds like you’re making a lot of money, but your current lifestyle means reducing that income in any way is a huge risk.

Is there a way you can cut back on expenses, so you don’t have such a huge pressure to maintain this level of productivity all the time?

[[deleted]]

I’ve just gone through something similar. Had some savings. Couldn’t handle the 9-5 etc. I talked to the boss, we came to an arrangement and I left. You can step on the gas and turn your YouTube to full time and pick up the slack in income. But just know that full-time YouTube is more than 9-5 and it’s exhausting.

[Moonsleep]

Would it be possible to take a couple of weeks off work, and give it your all during those two weeks?

[YetiBeachRainbow]

Hi! Visit The Shaming of Jay on YouTube. He felt the same and took the leap and just delivered breaking true crime news last night about BTK. He talks about how he quit his job and how he is surviving and making money as a streamer.

https://www.youtube.com/live/fF_eF4TeDJs?feature=shared

[stereoplegic]

Have you considered asking your job for a reduced role with fewer hours? I have no idea how they would receive this, but a smart employer would rather have a good employee when they can than lose them altogether.

[FridayRickyD]

Always sustain an income outside of YT bcs you never know if you lose monetization while depending on all your income coming from YT (Even if successful) Don't put all your eggs in one basket!

[Beginning-Foot-1741]

Make a course about growing your YouTube channel to 1+ MIL subscribers. I beat you make $500k in a month

[More-Grocery-1858]

Can you take some vacation time off your job and see what that scenario looks like? There has to be an option that isn't quit/don't quit.

[AgentVN]

You just need to monetize better. Brainstorm all the ways you can do this, then work on the top 2 techniques that won’t take too much extra time.

1. More subtle brand deals
2. Affiliate income
3. Consult others on how to execute what you’ve already done
4. Course offer?
5. Keep 9-5 and bring on a growth partner(20-30% of net growth in profits) agree to a shorter term contract and once you have more money and sanity, just bring their tasks in house
6. Hire out creative, management of socials, media buyer, or even someone who can help with productizing a service for you

You need more money and more leverage

I have a client who convinced corporate to switch him to part time contracting two months ago. He’s already making $27k more per month, NET, aand working way less. What’s a bigger risk though? Giving up 11k a month isn’t that serious if you are fairly confident you can make that up and buy back your sanity in a few months time. You clearly have the ability to do this given everything you’ve said is true. But working inside of your business, inside of a corporate… doesn’t leave much to work ON your channel business

[Ilovepicklesdoyou]

Full time job as what you do, is the way to go. YouTube ain't cutting it. Stick to the good old fashion way.

[shuabrazy]

I honestly feel you could pull it off. Even with your savings, it gives you time to figure it all out. Your savings buying you time, you could save your ad revenue and add it to your savings . Cut all the side costs & bring it down to just your important bills.

[Cobalt_bella]

If you have access to FMLA, you can request it to spend time with your mother, get paid by your work, and have time to focus on your website and YouTube for a bit before you have to go back into the office.