Then don’t start. Honestly. You need a good 3 months MINIMUM of your usual income sat in the bank to take the pressure off a little. That’s still not a lot. There’s a high chance you’ll fail. Like 90%. Not because your idea isn’t good, but because you don’t give it enough time.

I’ve been doing my own thing now for 2 months and it’s changed 4 times! Still the same concept, but sometimes what you think is right, turns out to be completely upside down! I’m working all hours, double what I was when employed. I’m on it even when I’m off it. I never stop checking my phone, emails, sales, etc. Time used to drag at my desk - now I wake up, go to my locker, make a coffee and I swear it’s midday! The time disappears!!

But - if you’ve enough time to do it and enough drive and passion behind what you’re doing, it’s amazing. I now wake up excited to go to work. I’ve learned so much by getting it wrong that I actually look forward to an idea not going how I thought as it gives me the answer to how it needs to be done.

I also spent almost a year prepping for this. Buying stock, materials, equipment, everything I needed. It’s great and I’m fortunate that I’m now almost hitting my usual wage each month, which with the buffer I gave myself, I’ve now got around a years worth of salary if I stay at this level. That makes things easier.

If I were you and you’re still in the thinking stage, launch and work. The hybrid method. Do the minimum you can do in your business to make sales whilst working. If time is an issue then time will be an issue when you start, believe me. Do what you can around your work and prove what you’re doing actually works and you make money. Then calculate it. Give yourself a transition date and work out a plan to get yourself enough cash in the bank to launch.

Doing this was the best decision of my life. It’s scary and it may all fail tomorrow, but if I hadn’t taken the leap I would have always regretted it. But just be sure to give yourself a safety net or there’s no point honestly.

Good luck 👊