I give 2 weeks notice at my 9-5 job tomorrow!!!
I decided my sanity was more important than the almighty dollar.
I am now accepting all the good luck wishes you folks have to offer!
Good luck, Blakester! 
THANKS!! So glad you saw this post and were first to reply. Coming from you, it means a lot!
Best wishes to you on your endeavors. Any plans?
Good luck with that. To me, there is no other way. So what is your new business? Love to hear about it!
Good luck. I’ll bet Bear is happy.
You should totally learn the art of dumpster diving.
It is amazing what you can pull out of dumpsters. Especially retail ones.
^ A friend of mine found a fully-functional brand-new camcorder in one once.
Yeah, they throw away brand new stuff all the time.
I would reccomend dumpsterworld.net
But when posting about dumpster diving don’t use the real names of the stores.
Thanks everyone!!
I do dumpster dive.
I will do whatever I can retaining my dignity. I have lots a skills from rehairing cello bows to carpentry; forestry and soil science. I can carve styrofoam in to large sculptures (real useful, huh? I made a living at it for years!!) and I can make fountains. I can also dig holes well.
Crazy, but I am leaving work with no hard and fast business plan. It is just time for me to leave though. Some things you just know.
I used to run my own studio. It’s a better road for me.
Dr. Bobo also does birthday parties. he he
self employed is the way to go. I’ve been doing it for about 7 years now. It does have its problems though, like dealing with lazy employees and occasionally losing money on a job rather than making money.
What ever you do don’t get into one of those pyramid marketing schemes, like quickstar. They almost never work out like promised.
Good luck with your new buissness whatever it may turn out to be.
And good with finding sanity by being crazy 
If I were already there, I wouldn’t have anywhere to go, right? 
So does this mean we’ll be seeing you around these parts more often?
Good luck with the drywalling/foam carving.
Be bold! Be strong! Go Blake, Bo!
Congrats!
I may be around more. I have been taking it easy on the fora. I made a few grumpy posts and decided it was time to lay low for a while. 
Glad to see you are all well.
My boss is slippery! I was going to give notice yesterday afternoon and she escaped before I could. Same thing this morning. I went to rinse my coffee mug and GONE!
I am bouncing up and down in my chair I’m so excited.
This is a big move for me. I can’t tell you how many of my friends (you folks included, of course) have rallied to support me with their encouragement and confidence. Take care of your friends because when you need them, they’ll be the ones looking out for ya!
Best of luck in your entrepreneurial ventures! Let us know how you get along… I’ll be living vicariously through your stories of independence and success, whilst I sit in my office, making someone else rich.
…and we’ll be looking out for your unicycles, too, of course. Gotta keep the family rolling!
awesome, goodluck!
I have alot of respect for you!
You need to find a way to get laid off so you can be eligble for unemployment for awhile to help ease the transistion.
What do you get when you dumpster dive? Any interesting places to frequent?
Do you really need a degree in soil science to dig holes?
You can chase the almighty dollar w/o loosing your sanity, just do it on your terms. It’s good you have the confidence to go out on your own with no real plan. It sounds like you have some skills that are very marketable as a small business. Hopefully you can take your creativity and turn it into a good steady and growing income for you and Bear.
Think about these things…
- Continues to produce income, even when you are not there.
- Has a residual income.
- Has flexibility in work hours.
- Isn’t dependant on a particular location.
- Whether or not a business partner is a benefit/hinderance.
I mention these things because if I ever change what I am currently doing it would need to meet these criteria. Although some of these are currently being met, flexibility and location are somewhat limited. Not entirely, but if I were to change either, it would likely mean a reduction in business.
I am currently doing some part time consulting for a couple of other business owners, and really enjoy that. It seems I have a talent for seeing why others businesses are not reaching their potential.
If you have any ideas you want to bounce off someone send me a note, I would be glad to listen.