What I Wish I Knew Before Jumping Into Self-Employment 6 Weeks Ago

I burnt out after 4 weeks and here is what I would do differently

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I finally said goodbye to my 9 to 5 at the beginning of December last year.

This time was different as I immediately embarked on my self-employment journey the next day.

I thought I will apply a five-hour work day and start living the work-life philosophies I aspired to.

Except that is not what happened.

I worked all the way till the 31st of December. I went though a dark festive week when I could have been with family enjoying Christmas dinner and New Year. I blamed it on Omicron when in fact i was too scared to lose my momentum.

The next day I pulled the plug (on the overwork) and I bought a ticket to go back home the following week and currently taking two weeks ‘off’.

I am not really off since I am writing on here and attending to bits of admin. But I am not grasping on to the last straw of productivity I thought I needed.

What went wrong?

As much as I love my new life and have no regrets so far, I have never done the self-employed life. I do not know how to do it well yet and I have to accept that.