What do I call you?

Murphy's law might be a fitting name for this article, you know, whatever can go wrong will go wrong. So I did my research, made a business plan and decided I am ready to take the plunge, quit my job, and get my own company up and running.

I had a vision playing in my head that kept me nervous and excited at the same time - at first it was out of impulse to just walk into work tomorrow with my resignation letter but that would be a huge mistake so I took a step back to think of advantages and disadvantages of quitting my job.

The plan now became to grow the business while I am still employed and in few months from now I would walk into work with my resignation.

Quitting my job and starting a life as an entrepreneur, I calculated how much I need to pay the bills and buy grocery, how much I owe in terms of debt and have to pay back, and how much it will cost to maintain the business.

Now I'm left thinking, what if instead of my anticipated vision of serving my resignation few months from now, say I get fired for some reason. I will have no idea of what I will do next, that idea is scary to think about but also freeing because that will mean I will have time on my hands to figure it out while unemployed.

I will have people that I owe money to — wanting their money back. I got my family to help with finance, and there's debit orders running through every month so maybe the idea is not so freeing after all.

But I would like to leave on a good note at work — is an easy option to quite your job without working your notice period, gossiping across the office, not completing your final projects, and not training your replacement — but that's the worst thing one could do.

It's fun, exciting, and a little bit scary to pursue one’s own venture, but I cannot be sure it will be a success or that where I work currently won't come in handy one day. So when the day finally comes I hope I will leave with no burned bridges.

Looks like starting a new business is going to be more challenging than I have imagined. I hope this adventure will be profitable in a professional and emotional point of view and I am looking forward to every bit of the experience.

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