How much "stable" income did you need before quitting your 9-5?
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- Dec 3, 2021
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A 12 months buffer and twice your current salary will be a good place to quit your job. But more than your current income, you need to determine if the source of your income is sustainable in the long term.
- May 13, 2013
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Been scared , probably everyone went t through this, except for the early birds on internet marketing
Consistent earnings over 6 months to 1 year
A plan that has some level of surety based on experience
Ans a gut that says this or never
- Oct 17, 2022
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Getting a stable income from online is tough concept. Since online is so much unstable. And certainly the amount isn't consistent. Since the inflation is a common thing.
pakorabani
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- Jun 2, 2023
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For me personally, I wanted at least 3–4 months of stable income saved before seriously thinking about quitting a 9–5. It gave me peace of mind to focus on building my own projects without stressing over bills while I scaled things up.
So what? Doesnt mean 9-5 is the only way
michelleeeeeeeeeef
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- Oct 7, 2026
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I didn't quit until my online income consistently doubled my 9-5 salary for at least 6 months. having a solid 6 month savings buffer also helps a lot with the mental stress of income instability.
MasonBookwright
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I quit my job when it matched my salary for half a year and went full time into online marketing.
Now that sounds great but what I effectively did was take a 50% pay cut because for 6 months I had two incomes.
If I was starting again. I would bank all online income into a rainy fund for those 6 months for I do t see a drop.
Now that sounds great but what I effectively did was take a 50% pay cut because for 6 months I had two incomes.
If I was starting again. I would bank all online income into a rainy fund for those 6 months for I do t see a drop.
- Oct 5, 2009
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I will wait until the online income is consistently higher than the salary for several months, its not just one good month. Also built some savings and make the jump.
- Jan 28, 2010
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There's two ways to look at it:
1) building enough buffer to be able to quit comfortably and to be able to finance the start up phase
2) you want to quit so much that you're ready to go all in despite of the risk
The transition is never easy, things will never go exactly as predicted, and it takes time to build up the income
But at some point, one has to jump
1) building enough buffer to be able to quit comfortably and to be able to finance the start up phase
2) you want to quit so much that you're ready to go all in despite of the risk
The transition is never easy, things will never go exactly as predicted, and it takes time to build up the income
But at some point, one has to jump
RavenMuse
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- Oct 5, 2026
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I would definitely want to be consistently earning close to my monthly take home, plus have a few months worth squirreled away as a safety net. The issue is, being able to put your all into a side hustle when still working, if you can get to a point where youre earning decent money whilst still working 9-5, imagine what you can do when you dedicate yourself to it full time. Good luck!
