It is crazy to think that one day our boss could come up to us and say “you’re fired” or “we have to let you go”. That is where the question What would you do if your boss let you go today? To be honest most of us don’t have a back up plan some saved money so they would be good for a bit. Others probably didn’t save a penny either, because they couldn’t or didn’t want to.
In a way we would be out of luck since we need money to pay bills and if we saved money, that will only last but so long before your savings run out.
Our 9 To 5 Jobs Are Never Safe
It is the sad truth it doesn’t matter how long we worked at this certain 9 to 5 we could always lose it. Look at what happened in the ression back about ten years ago? People worked at their 9 To 5 careers for years and still lost their J.O.Bs.
Even when we think we are not expendable in our profession, in reality we all are expendable if you think you aren’t you are to comfortable in your life. Some of us hate our J.O.Bs the others love their J.O.Bs and wouldn’t want to leave. Either way you can be at your 9 To 5 working the next day you are out. This can happen at any day anytime it doesn’t matter it is kind of crazy to think about wouldn’t you say?
A quote when I heard it stuck with me when I heard it “if we die our jobs will be filled faster than our obituary is posted”.
You Should Always Have A Plan B To Fall Back on
This could be done in different ways here are a few I do
- Save Up Money
- Have A Another Stream Of Income
- Make Yourself A Passive Income
Save Up Money-
We should always have an emergency stash of money put in a safe place. Like we all know having that emergency stash is always good to have just, in case if something happens we have a safety net. In this case if we lost our 9 To 5 you will have some money to get you buy to find another J.O.B
Have Another Stream Of Income-
To be honest this could be anything from selling things on EBay, to having side hustle (skilled trade mechanic, electrician, roofer, contractor). There are a lot of other ways to have another stream of income these are a few examples, of things you can do without having a boss.
Make Yourself A Passive Income-
What is a passive income you say? In short It is a way of earning money to where you can be sleeping, traveling doing things other than working and still make money. Some ways you can make a Passive Income are Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Social Media Influencer, Vlogging, there are plenty of other ways. All these ways though I will say can and will take time to make you money. This is why I say while at your 9 To 5 work on these ways, and you can use them whichever you want to do to eventually quit and be your own boss.
When you have a back up plan or plan B you will help yourself in the long run since we never know when that day will come.
Here I How You Can Get Out Of Your 9 To 5 And Work Towards Your Dreams
Love What You Do And Do What You Love
I only bring this up because it is the truth when you are working under someone you should always love what you do and do what you love. The reason being is if you look at it why work for someone else’s dreams if you don’t love what you do? To be honest you shouldn’t you should always find what you love to do and keep working there.
Life is way to short to hate what you do and just live for the weekends, this ties into your job not being safe and what would you do if your boss let you go today? It really wouldn’t much of a loss if you lost the job you hate, the only real loss would be you lost your job.
Like I said it is always nice to have that plan B to have your back backed up so you aren’t sturggeling, trying to find something fast so you can pay your bills.
Do You Have Dreams You Want To Achieve Outside Of Your 9 To 5?
I can already guess this answer and it is a YES am I right? Leave your answer in the comments also what are your dreams you want to achieve?
I know for a fact I have a lot of dreams I want to achieve and they will be before my boss says I am let go. Also, I get hurt, sick and can’t work so I lose out on money, because working equals out to an Active Income.
What is an Active Income? In short, it is where we have to work a certain amount of hours in a day to make money. Every hour equals out to a certain amount of money we work. For example just say you work 48 hours a week an hour you get $17 an hour before taxes it is roughly $900. You don’t work all those hours you will get less money than that, this why passive income is better.
A few of my dreams travel the world, be my own boss, spend more time with my family and friends, work when I want when I want and a lot more.
You might have some of the same dreams as me one thing I will say is this. Working for someone else is cool if you love what you do even if you don’t, you could always work on your own business eventually be your own boss while working at a 9 To 5 pretty cool huh?
How Can I Be My Own Boss?
There are plenty of ways to work to be your own boss while working at a job your not promised tomorrow. I mentioned a few earlier in this post here are some of them again.
Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Vlogging, Social Media Influencer there are different programs online that you can promote which will eventually give you a passive stream of income.
Blogging and Affiliate Marketing is what I do to make money online, with this training I learned everything I needed to know about it all. It does take work, but that hard work pays out in the end. Vlogging is what I want to do next since it is another free traffic source and it gets your word out pretty cool stuff to learn.
With all that being said our 9 To 5 J.O.Bs are never safe we can have them one day and lose them the next. I listed some ways you should or could do to help you be your own boss, and have another stream of income so if that day does come you will be good.
You have any questions feel free to ask in the comments
That’s a great question. And something everyone should consider in their future. For me, if my boss let me go today, I would continue working my dream of building an online business. I’m not sure I could financially make it happen full time yet, but I’m invested in building my dream of owning my time. Thanks for the great question.
Hey JB,
Thanks for your comment and the answer to the question I really thought this was a really good question to ask since sometimes some just don’t think that far. They don’t think if they lost their job today what would they do. At least you are still working towards your dreams of having your online business work for you full time.
I do hope you achieve this dream of yours and I hope the best for you keep on striving to the best you you can be,
Matt
I’d be in shock, and I’d be hurt and offended if it’s so sudden that there was no indication at all beforehand, that my boss had to fire me. And this article is certainly a wake up call, you’re so right that there is no guarantee with a 9 to 5 job, and it’s always good to have something to fall back on.
Hey Joo,
I can totally agree with you but it does happen though and it does really suck when it does I have had it happen to me. I just thought this post would help others think about the future and put in place back up plans for that day the boss lets you go or fires you.
I do hope the best and thank you for you thoughts on this question, keep striving for you dreams and you will eventually will achieve them
Matt
Yes, passive income is what I am planning on for the future, working really hard now to build my website, and trying to learn as much as possible. You talk about living for the weekends, and I have to say that seems to be most of the people I know. They count down the days, and they wish their lives away. Thank you for the great information! Passive income is the way to go, and building now will bring that for the future.
Hey Babsie,
Thank you for your insightful comment you are right most people do live for their weekends and they keep doing what they are doing without working towards their dreams just steady day dreaming.
This is true a passive income is the way to go and with our websites and with all the work we all put into them will eventually give us all our passive incomes. I have always believed in the law of attraction and how it can help us in our lives and in our business.
We get what we put out I hope the best for your and your dreams I believe you will achieve all your goals,
Matt
I think pretty much everyone would love to be there own boss. The problem is fear. Fear of the inknown, fear of not getting a regular paycheck. The key is finding someplace that will give you the tools and train you how to use them. Also you need to be willing to put in the time on every single spare second you have. You have written a great article here that anyone with the thought of getting away from their boss should read.
Hey Dale,
You are right a lot of people don’t do some things because of fear which stops them from achieving all their dreams. It is really sad but a true fact you have said here
I thank you for your word I am glad this post given value that is what I strive to do help others get their mindset changed to achieve their dreams.
Working online does take a lot of work but in the end all the work and compromises we made will end up being all worth it.
I hope the best for you and I hope you get to achieve all your dreams keep striving to be the best person you can be,
Matt
I have had that experience more than once. “We have to let you go” for one reason or another. Unfortunately, I did not have a stash of money stored up then. Experience taught me that being my own boss was the only way to prevent that form happening again. I am interested in Vlogging as well, but being an introvert, I have to find the best way to suit my personality.
Hey Idasa,
It is a sad reality that this happens a lot people being let go for whatever reason then they get screwed over in the end it sucks. At least now you have a reason to work for yourself and know putting in the work to live our your dreams is worth the hard work and time.
Yeah Vlogging is something that takes practice to do just like blogging vlogging isn’t something we have to do it is just an option you know?
I can say it is always good to get out of your comfort zone and do something new, plus you never know you might come to like vlogging you know?
Also it takes practice to make vlogging “perfect” if you look at it when we learned how to write we weren’t perfect, same with walking and talking. So with that being said if you practice vlogging eventually you get the hang of it just find a way that is best for you and I believe you can do anything you set your mind to.
Thanks for your comment i hope the best for you,
Matt
It is sad to say that our 9-5 jobs, which are more like 7-7 jobs or worse, are not safe. I agree that a secondary source of income is a great idea, and if it works better, then make in the primary.
Great suggestions with affiliate marketing, blogging, etc. I am currently trying to set up an income with affiliate marketing, so I understand the potential.
I think the idea of pitching to more people the potential in an online stream of revenue is a good thing. It will create more opportunity for people to link together and direct traffic to sites of interest. I like the multiple links to your choice in affiliate marketing training.
Hey Josh,
Thank you for your insightful comment you are right we are never safe in our 9-5 jobs or in your comment more like 7-7. It is good to hear you are working towards making a second stream of income to take over your current income stream passive income is always a good thing to work towards.
This is so true it is good to pitch to more people about the potential of an online stream of revenue it does create more opportunity to help each other out to get more traffic to our sites.
Thank you I appreciate that I like the quote that goes something along the lines of “don’t put all your eggs into one basket”
That is why I leverage multiple streams of income because if I only used one program to promote and I get the majority of my money from that one program. If they were to go out of business one day then all the passive income i have made over the years would be no more. I wouldnt have money any more because my only stream of income is gone you know?
So I always try an have multiple streams so If that day does come I will still have a safety net of income coming in so I don’t get screwed.
I hope the best and thank you again for your comment,
Matt
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Hey, thank you for sharing this Plan B with us in case one day our boss have to let us go. As for myself, l used to put aside a portion of my salary for emergency need. Apart being employed, l am also a part time Affiliate Marketer as l foreseen the Affiliate Marketing Market is huge and the potential of earn passive income is unlimited. I am also on the outlook for another source of income stream.
This is my back up plan and maybe one day l will fire my boss and be my own boss, if l am able to scale it up and achieve my financial freedom.
Best regards.
Hey Shui,
I believe anything is possible if you truly believe it will happen I hope you keep striving for your dreams and I believe you can achieve them. You are welcome anytime this is what I love to do is help others get in the right mindset to achieve all their goals and dreams.
Keep working to be your own boss and with that work it will pay off in the end I hope the best for you,
Matt
In my electrical engineering career I was laid off 7 times in 14 years until I couldn’t bring myself to go to another day long interview. My employers always greatly appreciated my quality work, but due to business decisions out of my control like moving overseas, I lost out too many times.
I am glad I stumbled on to affiliate marketing through blogging when I was considering an MLM. I think affiliate marketing is superior to any MLM and I am excited to be building my first niche (Christianity) website with really neat Christian related affiliate offers. Much better than having a boss and a typical job that can easily go away for reasons that are totally out of my control.
What would you do if your boss let you go today is a real eye-opener. You never think when you wake up in the morning getting ready for work that it may be your last day on that job. I think this article will give a lot of people a opportunity to make a income and do all the things that they’ve always wanted to. Making a passive income would be great for anyone who needs to make money and be able to reach all their goals.
Thank you for this wonderful article I really appreciate all the information that you have given me.