When is it Time to Go from Side-Hustle to Full-Time?

After you’ve had a bit of success as a side-hustler the question that always comes next is, “When is it time to go from side-hustle to full-time?”

After all, things are starting to pick up. You’re starting to be a bit more confident in your skills and in your ability to make money with this new part of your life.

But, how can you be sure it’s time to make the leap?

This Week’s Guest

This week, I’m talking to a web designer that did just that. Her name is Jessica Hagmeir.

Jessica was working at a corporate job, and she was doing fine. But, all of the sudden, the company she was working for shut down. And, rather than jumping right back to the old way of doing things, she decided to take what she had been doing on the side and make it her full-time gig.

Fast-forward a year later and she was already hiring her first employee.

It wasn’t an easy path BUT ultimately it was one she knew she had to take.

For Jessica, it wasn’t about the money, it was about being “the master of her fate.” And, that’s what it comes down to for a lot of people deciding whether they should go from side-hustle to full-time gig.

If you can no longer handle having your future decided by a boss and the pain of having to deal with that is worse than the pain of losing the security that comes from drawing a stable salary, it might be time to go from side-hustle to full-time business.

Of course, it’s probably not wise to jump feet first without taking a good look at what is required to be successful. And, Jessica learned a lot of that along the way.

Being Your Own Boss

When you’re your own boss, you have to own up to your own faults. There is no such thing as PTO at first. If you’ve got a project due and you get sick, guess who has to keep working?

So, it’s important that you realize all of that before you decide to go from side-hustle to full-time.

But, ultimately, you can never completely remove all of the risk involved and you’ll eventually just have to go for it.

And, that’s exactly what Jessica did. And, she’s her to tell us what she learned.

You’ll Learn

• What to look for to know you’re ready to go full-time for yourself
• The keys to being successful when you finally go full-time
• How to bring your own uniqueness to the table even when there’s a lot of competition
• How to overcome your own doubts when you’re starting a business
• When it’s time to hire your first employee
• How to grow a community when you’re a solopreneur
• How to know when you should go back to only working on your business part-time

Resources

• Jessica’s Website
• Jessica’s Personal Instagram
• Website by Design Instagram

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