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# Taking The Leap: Quitting My Comfortable Job To Forge My Own Path
- URL: https://www.jacobpugmire.com/taking-the-leap-quitting-my-comfortable-job-to-forge-my-own-path/
- Published: 2024-03-01T04:37:27.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-02T07:55:04.000Z
- Description: I want more than an easy job. I want to be on a path of exponential, limitless growth, and a normal job is not doing that for me. That's why I decided to forge my own path.
- Author: Jacob Pugmire
- Tags: Entrepreneur's Odyssey

##  It's terribly difficult to leave a stable, high-paying, easy job. 

But if continued, this comfortable job will sink all your dreams.

*I already feel the stagnation.* This is a red flag to do something immediately. You must break off, no matter how uncomfortable and daunting it is. You must set off in pursuit of what you truly desire.

> *Contentment is the enemy of improvement.*

### Teaching young kids English through a 補習班 is severely limited 

and following the school's dull curriculum leads to no benefit for the student nor the teacher. 

There's little room for creativity and growth. I would do better teaching privately, which is exactly what I plan to do.

Teaching students English privately allows for a rich experience for both the teacher and the student. It allows for a much higher quality of education. 

### The initial step in my plan is to become a full time freelancer

in a multitude of disciplines, specifically modeling, personal training and teaching English. Read more here.

[The Three Freelancing Careers I Am Pursuing: Modeling, Personal Training, Teaching EnglishI am a full-time freelancer. These are the three paths I am simultaneously walking: modeling, personal training, and teaching English.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/67/15/6715a184-cce8-4358-bf48-d83eb9d25b10/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/02/favicon-128.png)Jacob PugmireJacob Pugmire![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/67/15/6715a184-cce8-4358-bf48-d83eb9d25b10/content/images/2024/03/kuresar_simultaneously_walking_three_paths_a_crossroads_bad5c01d-4e45-4a63-a08c-7e2719829772.webp)](https://www.jacobpugmire.com/the-three-freelancing-careers-i-am-pursuing-modeling-personal-training-teaching-english/)

### This path is more risky! But what is life without risk?

Nothing.

All great, meaningful things come from risk. Your goal should be to roll the dice everyday and see where it takes you.

It's what makes our story exciting.

### So you've quit your job, now what?

[Episode 2 - Where to Begin? The First Steps Of FreelancingThe first steps to freelancing are to establish your portfolio and to start posting advertisements in Facebook groups. Start attracting clients and begin work.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/67/15/6715a184-cce8-4358-bf48-d83eb9d25b10/content/images/size/w256h256/2024/02/favicon-128.png)Jacob PugmireJacob Pugmire![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/67/15/6715a184-cce8-4358-bf48-d83eb9d25b10/content/images/2024/03/kuresar_Where_to_Begin_The_First_Steps_Of_Freelancing_497c540d-05e3-4a2d-8060-f87556f713bd.webp)](https://www.jacobpugmire.com/episode-2-where-to-begin-the-first-steps-of-freelancing/)

Hope you have a wonderful day today and achieve whatever you set out to achieve.

Warm Regards,

Jacob Pugmire