Karim’s posterous

There are tons of eBooks and blogs these days proselytizing the freelance and 'work for yourself' lifestyle. While a lot of these are very useful and informative, I've put together a list of points to consider before you quit, based on my experience as an ex 9-5 man.

Don't Quit Your Job If...

1. You get bored easily
2. You think that working for yourself will mean working less
3. You don't work well after midnight
4. You're overly attached to office coffee/tea
5. You're overly attached to flirting with your co-workers
6. You can't work in your PJs
7. You can't work while sporting a Zach Galifianakis style beard  
8. You thrive on your workmates laughing at your jokes
9. You are especially susceptible to cabin fever 
10. You can only ever get any reading done on your commute to work
11. You're addicted to the Japanese food they serve at that little shop down the street from your office
12. You like playing the role of the anti-social employee, shunning your colleagues by listening to raging thrash metal on your over-sized headphones
13. You need to be handed a list of tasks to function
14. You always think the grass is greener elsewhere
15. You are the captain of your department's pub quiz team-they need you!
16. You have a great membership discount at a fabulous gym
17. You can't afford to pay for health insurance
18. You don't like working from a Starbucks on your laptop
19. You can't work around family/kids/roomates
20. You don't really have any game plan