There are pointless interruptions, a lot of drifting this way and that, and lot of idiot supervisors who do nothing but waste your time and then dog you for not getting your work done. There are co-workers you hate, and who would stab you in the back in a minute if it meant recognition for them instead of you. When you work for someone else, you live a regimented life. Your body may not want to get up at 7 a.m., but you have to be at work by 8 a.m. You must be convinced that a return to an outside office job would be the equivalent of a death sentence.
Many people hate their jobs, but they have made an inner compromise with themselves.
If you want to be truly successful at quitting your day job, there cannot be any room for such compromises in your soul. You have to take the attitude that to work any longer at your hateful job will sicken and kill you. Eliminating the Home-Office Mentality To move your work home, however, does not mean you eliminate every single thing about the traditional American office. Rather, you should select what is useful and what is not. By this I mean thinking small, and believing that you will automatically sacrifice a decent income in exchange for your freedom.