Turn What You Do Now Into a Solo Venture

Making money is a pursuit in life that we spend incredible amounts of time chasing. From the moment we’re put into a school, we’re taught valuable (and sometimes useless) bits of knowledge that form into ideas. Those ideas then turn into dreams, and it’s those dreams we chase that usually define who we are and the paths we take in life.
Unfortunately, not everyone is capable of following their dreams due to either a lack of motivation or a lack of freedom. Money is usually a problem as well, but it’s mainly motivation and freedom that really prevent us from doing what we want.
 
Working for an employer is tough
When you work for someone, there are pros and cons that need to be weighed up. For instance, a major pro is that you don’t have to think about your work as much. You’re given a job, you’re expected to do it, and then you carry it out. That’s about the extent of it. However, this means that you can get lazy, you don’t do your job properly, and you do just enough work to meet a minimum requirement and then it’s off to home you go.
This is why many people have taken the solo route. Whether it’s a freelance venture or a one-man business, there are plenty of money making ideas that don’t involve working with or for others. This usually clears one of the conditions to reach your dreams; freedom. Freedom to set your own hours, do the jobs that you love, ignore the people you dislike and make money at your own pace. It also helps with motivation, too. You won’t have an employer breathing down your neck about every mistake you make, and you don’t have to work with annoying co-workers that think they’re above you.
 
Freedom to do whatever you want
When you’re able to set your own hours, pick who you work for and decide whether your business fails or succeeds with your own hands, then you’ve reached a state of freedom that few people get to experience. Of course, there are always going to be disadvantages and advantages to this, but in general, the pros far outweigh the cons assuming you can stay on top of your finances and discipline yourself to actually work instead of procrastinating.
To turn your current job into a solo career, you have to think about your options. The most obvious one, as mentioned before, is to turn what you do into a freelance career. All you need to do is set up a website, hire a web design agency to make you a fantastic modern-looking portfolio, and then start pitching ideas to clients and getting your name out there. For instance, if you currently write for your employer, then how about turning into a freelance writer? You could pen articles, you could write stories, or you could even focus on technical documents. Are you a software developer? Then how about working as a freelance developer?
 
Write about it
Another fantastic way to turn your job into a career is to write about it. Blogging is one of the most popular ways for people to make money online due to how easy it is to break into and how much freedom you have. You can pretty much write and talk about anything, making it the perfect accompaniment to your freelance career. You could use your blog as a way to get more clients, show off the work you’ve done for people, and of course, use it as a personal portfolio.
Money from blogging doesn’t come easily. It’s a slow and steady uphill climb that can collapse if you aren’t careful, but assuming you put in the effort to get your name out there, then you can turn it into something fun that nets you a decent chunk of income.
Whatever they can do, you can do better
Of course, if you’re really good at your job, why not beat your employer at their own game? Since you’ve worked at their company and picked up all the good and bad points of it, you can turn that information against your employer and create your own similar business. There are some limitations to this, but in general, anything you learn from one job can be applied to another.
One-man businesses are fairly easy to start up but take a lot of effort to maintain. You’ll have to do everything on your own which can be a surprisingly good thing. You get to control the finances, you get to chose how you respond to customers, and you get to dictate the success of your business.