How to Quit Your Day Job

It’s a big question, right? Certainly one that deserves all or most of your energy. But for most of us, our jobs take up all or most of our time. Instead of providing us with encouragement and a sense of accomplishment, they often cause us stress and self-esteem issues, taking a little bit more of our souls each day.

My name is Alyson Mead, and even though I was lucky enough to go to college, I ended up spending many years in the trenches, working at underpaid jobs with long hours and not making much progress on my bills. Though four years of higher education was supposed to rescue me from a life of poverty, all it did was make me a wage slave as I worked even harder to pay off all my student loans.

The most potent memory I have of my twenties was when I was forced to choose between going to the laundromat to wash my clothes (an expenditure of a few dollars in quarters, plus detergent), or paying my electric bill. Neither was a great option in New York City. Leaving your lights out only meant becoming easier prey for muggers. Being without clean clothes certainly made it interesting trying to keep a good job.

The point is that none of us should be forced to make that kind of decision. We are human beings, and all have an inherent dignity.

I swore that I would get better jobs, and I did, often working 16-18 hours per day, or taking on more than one job at a time.

At the same time, I read everything in sight – enough, my brother says, to fill several libraries. I wanted to find some kind of meaning. I could sense it all around me, but none of it had anything to do with my actual life. I rushed through my work in order to get to the end of the day, and my paycheck, which was eaten up almost as soon as I signed and deposited it.

But I could never get over my disappointment and irritation that I could not move up the ladder, at least fast enough for me. I started to argue with God all the time. I love my country, don’t get me wrong, but I was beginning to doubt the American Dream.

Finally, after getting an A+ two years running on my performance review and not getting promoted at a new job, I’d had it. I came home fuming one evening, because someone who had been hired after me (and who usually left his work for someone else to do) got promoted instead of me.

“Quit. I hate seeing you this upset, and no job is worth this. You’re very hard working and will come up with something better soon.”

Bear in mind we were supposed to get married in 9 months, and had only saved a fraction of the reception’s cost.

But I thought about it that night, and sketched out a few of what would become my 30 Steps.

The next day, I took my soon-to-be husband’s advice and gave my notice. Sure enough, my boss actually GOT MAD at me, for having the nerve to stop serving his needs. But the feeling of quitting was intoxicating. I began to believe that I could do what I wanted with my life. No one was going to stop me now.

Over the next few nights, I mapped out what would become the full 30 Steps in my patented system.

For me, charity and work have always been tightly entwined. I enjoy working when I know I am helping someone to benefit, or when I know I am assisting in a major personal transformation. Whenever I enjoy a personal or financial boon, I immediately want to share it with others. In fact, my friends tease me about how I’ve made this a personal crusade in my life.

Have you ever been in a supermarket, or in the post office, and seen people being short-tempered or even outright rude with one another for no reason? Once, I saw two people get into a fistfight over who was first in line to get some stamps. Wow!

Have you ever been driving along a street and had someone screech up behind you, swerve to barely miss your car, honk the horn and flip you the bird?

My first guess is always their work. Most of us are dependent on work and money for survival, so having a job is often one of the most terrible compromises we all have to make. But I believe, no matter what education level you’ve completed, and what skills you may or may not have, that there is a way for you to quit an unfulfilling job and find the one you were put on earth to do.

My new e-book How to Quit Your Day Job in 30 Days: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Big Transition contains simple, easy to understand instructions on the important steps required to make a lasting transition from day job to new life. Do you want to do something creative with your life, or make more money so you can travel? It can be done!

At the same time, it’s important to do it right. No one wants to go crawling back to a job they’ve just left because their money has run out (especially if you’ve had a few choice words for your boss on the way out!), so it’s important to do all 30 Steps, in order.

If you have tried to quit your day job in the past and failed, you may have believed that leaving your job was all about money. Financial concerns are definitely important, and How to Quit Your Day Job will help you identify your needs and set about achieving them. But for most people, destructive mental and emotional patterns cause unnecessary obstacles to the very things you may say you want to achieve. How to Quit Your Day Job in 30 Days will help you remove these patterns, using simple exercises, meditations and visualizations. Stress relief is an added benefit of this work you do for you.

“Alyson Mead was sent from above. She helped me through a very dark time in my life, and her help was invaluable in quitting my old job, turning my life around and getting my memoir published.”

-- Hilary Momberger, author of Peanuts to Percocet: Scenes from a Hollywood Childhood

"I am midway through the 30 days I gave myself to quit my day job, and already I have a new lease on life! My energy is higher, I've taken several drastic steps to turn my life around, and I'm much more hopeful about my future. My family also thanks you!"
-- Alex Grayden, Houston, Texas

Did you know that you store stress in your body, and that each day you pretend that nothing is wrong with your current job can actually hurt your health?

According to a recent study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health:

Stress is linked to physical and mental health, as well as decreased willingness to take on new and creative endeavors.

Repetitive musculoskeletal injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, have become the nation's leading workplace health cost, and account for almost a third of all Workers' Compensation awards

Job burnout experienced by 25% to 40% of U.S. workers is blamed on stress.

More than ever before, employee stress is being recognized as a major drain on corporate productivity and competitiveness.

Depression, only one type of stress reaction, is predicted to be the leading occupational disease of the 21st century, responsible for more working days lost than any other single factor.

$300 billion, or $7,500 per employee, is spent annually in the U.S. on stress-related compensation claims, reduced productivity, absenteeism, health insurance costs, direct medical expenses (nearly 50% higher for workers who report stress), and employee turnover.

Women who work full-time and have children under the age of 13 report the greatest stress worldwide.

Nearly one in four mothers who work full-time and have children under 13 feel stress almost every day.

Globally, 23% of women executives and professionals, and 19% of their male peers, say they feel "super-stressed."

Stress is linked to the six leading causes of death, heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and suicide.

“Your e-book was directly responsible for losing an entire night’s sleep. But I’m writing to thank you for opening my eyes, giving me encouragement, and setting me on the path to getting away from my toxic boss!”

"I've read lots of self-help books, and books on getting ahead. But yours blends common sense wisdom with mental and emotional tools in a way I've never seen before. I don¹t know why no one else has thought of this, but all that matters is that it's working!"
-- Mr. Thomas Lye, Maryland

"Sorry to admit it, but I was ready to be disappointed when I ordered your ebook. However, How to Quit Your Day Job in 30 Days exceeded all expectations. It provided critical information I was lacking, and gave me the encouragement I needed to make some big changes in my life. Thank you so much."
-- Suzanne Barfume, Tulsa, OK

Benjamin Franklin said, “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” All of us have only so much time on the planet. Truly, it’s much too short to stay at a job that does not fulfill your mental, emotional, physical, spiritual or financial needs.

Since I followed these simple 30 Steps and quit my day job, my life has changed dramatically:

• Within six months, I started my first Internet business and made twice as much as I had grossed the previous year at my old job.

• I got married to the man of my dreams, who continues to support my entrepreneurial spirit.

• I started two more Internet businesses within a year, both of which have brought in enough money for my husband and I to starting looking to buy our first home – in cash!

• I have more time for spiritual development, as well as volunteer work. In fact, my company donates ten percent of its sales each month to a new and deserving charity.

• I look forward to each new day as it unfolds, and feel no need to argue with or be mad at God any longer. In fact, I am grateful for the path that was shown to me, so I can share it with others in turn.

How to Quit Your Day Job in 30 Days was made for you. I don’t want anyone else to have to suffer through another day, week, month or year of unfulfilling, abusive, tiring, and going-nowhere work. I would like to think that if we are smart enough to invent rockets, computers and other amazing technologies, we are smart enough to reclaim our lives and share them with the ones we love.

If you order now, there’s no way to lose! With our 8-week, money-back guarantee, you can try the e-book and if for any reason you aren’t satisfied with your purchase, you can email me within 60 days to receive the full 100% of your purchase price.

I believe you will find that there is more than enough information in this e-book to help you through what may be the most important transition you will ever make. People talk about “taking back their lives” all the time. But isn’t it time for you to start feeling like you’re in control?

Once your credit card is approved, you will be sent to a special page where you can download the book right then and there!

Within minutes, you can gain access to some of the most powerful and transformative information I have ever experienced. It helped me to achieve everything I have dared to dream so far (I’m working on some new ones!), and I believe it can help you, too!

My friends say I’m crazy, that I could be selling How to Quit Your Day Job in 30 Days, a full 30 Days’ worth of incredible information, for up to $97. But like I said, I believe I was put on the planet to help other people (hey, maybe it will cut down on road rage, too!). I’m willing to offer this e-book for only $27 for a limited time only. For less than the cost of your daily latte, you can be on your way to taking the first crucial step to quitting your day job today.

If you decide to order today, I'll even throw in the complete audio files from my most recent How to Quit Your Day Job Telseminar, absolutely free! That's 5 hours' worth of added material to listen to on public transportation, at the gym, or during any activity that doesn't require your utmost concentration (not while driving, please!). Every time you make this promise to yourself, you change your brain chemistry, and cement the desires of the nearly 500 people I have helped to leave thankless jobs behind.

I'll also throw in a copy of the How to Quit Your Day Job Workbook (a $19 value), a full 66 pages of exercises, meditations and affirmations to help you leave that crappy job behind!

After you have committed to making a better life, I hope to see you at the post office, or maybe on an exotic vacation, with a big smile of contentment on your face, and spreading the joy that comes from loving what you do!

P.S. Remember, this is a limited time offer only. The introductory price of $27 will expire at any time! So take advantage of my weakness for helping others by grabbing this special price now!

P.P.S. I was going to tell a joke here, but I’m terrible with jokes. And personally, hating your job isn’t that funny. Why not take the plunge? You know you want your life to be different. You know you want things to change. But nothing can move forward if you don’t reach out when a helping hand is extended. I hope to hear from you soon!