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Should I Go Back to The 9-5?

Joekaprod

Published on April 4, 2017

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Hey, Wealthy Affiliates, recently, I've been considering returning to a 9 to 5 job because my income sources have been lower and more inconsistent as of late.

You see, the thing is I do freelance video editing and the occasional recording for my friend's company but I don't get jobs frequently enough from him for it to be a viable income source.

I also get some change online every now and then from Fiverr, but apart from those two sources, I'm not generating any income.

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I figure it's going to be a while before my website starts making any money so I was wondering if I should go back to a nine to five in the meantime.

The only problem is that I still want to continue working with my friend when he was a job for me every now and then because it does pay well. And I'm currently doing a 365 challenge, where I train parkour every day. Not to mention the time I spend with my girlfriend would dwindle.
I'm also looking into joining a talent agency, so I could get paid for staring in advertisements and add an extra source of income to my randomly occurring revenue stream.

So I'm worried that with a regular day job I would not get to keep on doing all that I have going on right now.

Should I go back to working full-time and training the early mornings/afternoons, work on my website on the weekend, and do everything else whenever I have the free time? I just don't think two days out of the week would be enough to continue doing the things I enjoy.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter. Do you have a 9 to 5, or are you considering returning to one? And would you recommend I keep doing the side jobs until my website picks up or go back to the 9-5 and invest that money into my website.

Thanks for reading WAs!

Cheers!
Joeka

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