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Side Hustle School

#1252 - Q&A: Should this cupcake baker go all-in or move on?

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Small Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Today’s listener is a baker who’s concerned about burnout … and not from the oven! Should she go all-in, move on, or do something different? 


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0:00.0

What are the criteria to consider when trying to decide your next steps?

0:09.1

Should you quit your job, start a new side hustle, scale back, go all in.

0:13.2

Well, welcome to Side of Soul School. My name is Chris Galebo.

0:15.7

We've got all kinds of folks out there doing all kinds of things.

0:18.8

Today's listener is a baker who also has lots of other responsibilities and she is concerned about burnout.

0:25.6

This would be the kind of burnout that is not coming from the oven.

0:28.8

Should she go all in, should she move on, do something different?

0:32.1

Let's talk about it and let's also talk about how you would make such a decision.

0:35.4

Because as I said, people out there are doing all kinds of different things,

0:38.4

but you're also in different situations.

0:40.4

So what factors do you look at when you're trying to figure out those all important next steps?

0:44.8

That's what we're going to talk about in this episode after this message from our sponsor.

0:49.2

Hi, this is Iver from Houston, Texas and I've been listening to the show for about a year and a half now.

1:02.8

My side hustle is baking. I'm a home baker and I specialize in custom cakes, cupcakes,

1:08.1

and good old-fashioned cookies. My question is, how do you know when it's time to go all in and move on?

1:14.1

It's been a struggle for me for the last five years of trying to grow my baking business.

1:18.2

While working, being a mom and being a wife.

1:21.0

Is the struggle an indicator? I have so many ideas I want to pursue, but I don't want to burn out.

1:26.3

I can't wait to hear from you, Chris. Thanks so much.

1:31.5

Iver, thank you so much for the call. Thank you for listening in Houston, Texas.

1:34.7

We actually talked about this question on my YouTube channel recently.

1:38.8

If you're not watching, it's youtube.com slash Chris Gillibot.

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