I resigned at my job today!
A problem with mixed feelings!
Today was a somewhat hard and emotional day for me. I have sent my resignation letter to my employer and I will be working at my current job until the end of July.
The thing that I would really miss, is the people that I worked with because they practically feels like family. There where a couple of red eyes which made it even harder for me as it was the last thing that I have expected :(
It is now or never
The thing is that I have followed the training here at WA and I am now earning enough money to finally call it quits. I also know that if I do not do it today I will postpone it over and over again and more years will fly by.
I have tested this business model a couple of times where even the websites that was considered a failure by me are generating a passive income on a monthly basis.
If I have to measure the earning potential of affiliate marketing against that of my job, then affiliate marketing wins with a large differential.
I am 27 and do not have a wife with kids which is the ideal time for me to take this risk. I definitely do not want to wait until I have too many responsibilities until I make this transition.
When I become a grumpy old man some day, I really do not want to look back at my life and regret the risks that I did not take.
I cannot dismiss the potential of AM
Just imagine how many articles I can write in a day if I am doing this full time. If I only write 4 articles a day that would be around 1000 articles per year.
It will be pretty hard NOT to make a decent living if you have more than 1000 articles online to show for.
Wish me luck and I hope that I can see similar post like this from other people here in Wealthy Affiliate :)
Viljoen
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Congrats! That is very motivational.
You said that "failure sites" can still make you a passive income. I often feel like my site is going to fail so do you have any advice on that?
Hi Jena
My advice is that you should give your website at least 6 months before you can call it a failure or winner.
You should also have at least 100 articles on it before you call it quits. With that amount of articles, it would be hard NOT to make money.
(That is 4 articles a week which is very doable)
My "failure" site which was also my first website has been making money for me for almost 2 years now. I have not written on that website since Feb 2014 (which leads to passive income).
Oh and focus on product reviews as they tend to rank well and the conversion rates are crazy :)
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Congrats! Vilijoen.
I agreed is very emotional when working partners or colleagues become close friends and even feels like a family when we resign. Is never the job that had the fulfillment but is the close bond within the friends you have worked together and gone through the difficult time.
This is the right time as long you have the monthly expenses covered as you have only yourself to be responsible and accountable now till you meet that special someone someday however do look out for opportunities to invest in guarantee products and programs and don't relied on a single income as I even work part-time into my niche to really feel how it is like but still awaiting the time to resign my full time day job cause I have a family to consider.
Best Wishes to a more successful businesses in your venture.
Be seeing you around here in WA, Good Luck and God Blessed.
seanlaw
22Jun 2016