Tim Quit His Job

You can go it alone, but you can't go all the way. Having now reached another wall, it is time to make some big changes.Music sampled from 'Paradise' by 'Broey.'Check out more of his work.

Freedom is a double-edged sword. A cruel mistress who takes just as much as she gives. Be careful what you sacrifice in its pursuit.Beat used in this episode: Wild Strawberry by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Oh dear, it happened again. In this episode,  I come to the painful realisation that my current line of self-employment won't enable me to reach bigger goals I have set for myself. It's time for a change, but what do I do now?This is Episode 1 of Season 4. I've started a new season as I feel that my change of direction warrants a degree of separation from previous episodes. Expect the next few episodes to follow the themes and topics laid out in this one.

Can you increase your luck? I've looked far and wide for answers, but it wasn't until I recently found myself on the end of some amazing good fortune - that I realised I had found the right one. 

In the age of productivity, laziness is seen as a mortal sin. But it's not all bad. We all know people who appear busy, yet still get very little accomplished. Seeking an easier route around any problem may seem lazy to some, but if you also have the discipline to put in the required effort, you can get more done, and look good whilst doing it. 

“It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.” - Jospeph Conrad, Heart of Darkness. As my income grows to the point where I no longer have to worry about financial ruin, I encounter an altogether darker and more existential challenge. When survival is your only goal, it's easy to orient yourself and find motivation. When survival becomes easy, finding meaning becomes hard.  Having cleared the breakwater, I am confronted by an open ocean with no signposts. It's enough to make me wish I was back on the shore. But this is the dream I chose to pursue, and I must stay loyal to it in the face of the nightmares it brings. 

How finding a niche can help you gain income outside of regular employment.

How did the modern world became dominated by the same rules that govern professional wrestling? And what are the consequences?

How can we make sense of the crazy world we live in? By looking at the even crazier world of Professional Wrestling.

Why are so many people getting roped into pyramid schemes? What methods do they use to trap people? And why are women more likely to fall victim?

What do you do when life finally drains all of your motivation?

The truth about how the UK University system is ripping off students and spiralling out of control.

I feel like life gets more complex and difficult as you grow up, but why?

And other questions that white people have for black people... #BLM special episode.

In an age where we increasingly need to market ourselves, I attempt to find out where the thin line between self-promotion and vanity lies.

It seems that being in lockdown has caused us all to become more lazy - but has it? Perhaps it's just made this flaw more obvious, and we can no longer hide from the truth.

In ten short minutes, I attempt to cut through the overwhelming amount of internet advice and finally find a useful answer to the question that's on everyone's lips: How Do I Build Better Habits?

Somehow, during the darkest days of my new business - the coronavirus lockdown - my greatest achievement to date has been realised... In this season's finale, hear how I just landed the most significant piece of business yet, and how it could change the future of my career!

We are living through what may prove to be the defining period of our generation, the Covid-19 outbreak. As the virus affects our lives in individually specific ways, we each have to find our way of coming to terms with it and dealing with the consequences. Find out how the virus is affecting me and my business, and how I am learning to deal with the impact it is having on my life. If you are interested in hearing how different people cope in times of difficulty, this episode is for you.

In this episode I speak with Paul Carter, a close friend and huge source of inspiration. Paul's life, much like my last guest, has been riddled with hardship and struggle as a result of growing up in the UK social care system. In this interview, Paul and I talk about his crazy experience of getting kicked out of his house during the first week of lockdown; his thoughts on how the lockdown is affecting children at risk of domestic abuse; how his tough upbringing helps him deal with adversity; and how he struggles to find a balance between planning for the future and living in the present.It’s a fairly short conversation, we dive right in and get straight to the point, and I think there’s certainly a lot that can be taken away from it. Enjoy.

What can you learn from someone who spent over 20 years stuck in the world's largest refugee camp? A lot. We live insulated lives, where we magnify small issues and turn them into big obstacles. Aden's story is one of someone who encountered enormous obstacles, but through an optimistic and patient mindset, managed to make the best of his difficult circumstances. In this episode, I hear his unbelievable life-story and find out how he keeps calm in a crisis - something we all need to hear in these uncertain coronavirus times.

I turned 25 the other day and it got me thinking, we sure do like to make a big deal over someone's age - but why? As you get older, society compares you against what it thinks you should be doing, based on your age, with what you are actually doing. In this episode, I dive into the confusing interplay between age and expectation, in the age of expectation.

If you've ever found yourself crippled by jealousy and scared of the truth, this episode is for you.Throughout different periods of my life, I have been afflicted with a tendency towards dishonesty and jealousy. Whilst becoming self-employed is teaching me a lot about work and business, surprisingly it's also teaching me a lot about life. In this episode, I look at the ways this whole experience is helping me end dishonesty and overcome jealousy.

This episode talks about some of the myths and lies we've been told that lead to us having unrealistic expectations of the world. I also talk about how I'm surviving and making money outside of the 9-5. Most importantly, I talk about some of the fallacies that I had to overcome in order to make the right decision to walk away.Head over to the burgeoning website timquithisjob.com for transcripts and extra content. The website will get better, I promise.

The story of how I overcame the feeling of being stuck in a job and a lifestyle that wasn't allowing me to live life to the fullest, and how I managed to make a change and overcome it.

"The podcast for people who like to do things their own way"... 4 months ago I quit my job and ventured out into the big, bad world on my own. Join me on this adventure, through the trials and tribulations, through the failures and the funny side.