I worked a full time job, 16 hour days in consulting, alot of money, but when the hours were finished, i found it hard to switch mindsets. I had to quit once i got some savings together.
On workdays i would be on weekend mindset, then weekends il be in the psyche of a work week. You cant be two different people if that's not you.
"Work" should be "Productive", and you not an "employee", but an "individual", so being productive should be fluid, we're only human, not stuck in a corporate structure where you're jumping into different shoes when the clock strikes.
My mindset of fluid productivity erases the barrier of work and play, and i always intertwine both. I feel relief im free to do what i want, but also comforted to know i'm being product and my life has meaning.
I've been self employed for years now, i don't even think about money, i just think of how useful i can be, what i can create, what the next step is etc. And all of a sudden, any of that employment anxiety and interviews, completely gone, way more confident
The way i did this was REALLY simple (& lucky to have the opportunity), used the skillsets i was farmed to do from my employment, reached out to some prior contacts/connections that wanted the same industry standard services, put a public entity (my company) in place of me, now i work on subset of commitments with colleagues, im at eye to eye level with my clients which is way more motivating than being at the bottom of the chain etc, So thats literally it
