I can totally relate to what you're saying and I'm sort of transitioning from one to the other. A lot of people go through this and it isn't an easy choice to make. One one hand you want to follow your passion and like you said work for your own cause. But that does cause instability in your routine.
I feel it's worth working on what you are really passionate about. Having said that, being an employee in a company would provide a solid foundation for doing this. My take is to start with working as an employee (under good mentorship, irrespective of the company size) and then gradually transition to becoming self-employed or cofounding a company. This will help in two ways. Firstly, it makes sure that your financials and work-life balance don't go south all at once. Secondly, it will be a solid test to find out how passionate you are about working for your own cause since you'll need to put in those extra hours without being rewarded in the near future. Sometimes we think we are more passionate about things that we actually are, and the earlier you find out the better.
Once you cross that hurdle and transition successfully, it is your passion that will prevail. It's the ultimate motivator that will help you kick goals and achieve great things. Good on you for choosing self-employment. How it's going so far?
I can totally relate to what you're saying and I'm sort of transitioning from one to the other. A lot of people go through this and it isn't an easy choice to make. One one hand you want to follow your passion and like you said work for your own cause. But that does cause instability in your routine.
I feel it's worth working on what you are really passionate about. Having said that, being an employee in a company would provide a solid foundation for doing this. My take is to start with working as an employee (under good mentorship, irrespective of the company size) and then gradually transition to becoming self-employed or cofounding a company. This will help in two ways. Firstly, it makes sure that your financials and work-life balance don't go south all at once. Secondly, it will be a solid test to find out how passionate you are about working for your own cause since you'll need to put in those extra hours without being rewarded in the near future. Sometimes we think we are more passionate about things that we actually are, and the earlier you find out the better.
Once you cross that hurdle and transition successfully, it is your passion that will prevail. It's the ultimate motivator that will help you kick goals and achieve great things. Good on you for choosing self-employment. How it's going so far?
I didn't do this transition and sometimes I regret it. But actually things are going pretty well. Thanks for asking :)