Gemma Speck

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The Psychology of your 20s · 427. What to do when a 9-5 doesn't fulfil you? · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

put away for a rainy day that I didn't have access to.

I also got my car appraised so I knew what that was worth and what I was working with.

I also picked up tutoring work and I got paid in cash and I wouldn't spend that money and I would hide it away so that like on a rainy day it was there.

The squirrel mentality was really helpful as well because it stopped me from feeling like this was going to be a disaster and that I was going to fall flat on my face financially.

I felt like there were different levels that I would drop to when I knew like, oh my God, maybe this isn't working out.

And I was so lucky that it all did work out and I never had to use a lot of those things.

But again, a lot of it was psychological and then I felt like I had the safety net.

The second thing they don't tell you

And as a pathological extrovert, I wish that somebody had said this.

It is very, very lonely.

When you quit your nine to five, there is this period of like elation and excitement and like you're pursuing your dreams and you're building something and you're trying something new.

Unless you have friends who are also doing that or you have friends in like creative industries or who run their own businesses, a lot of the time you're like, I am waiting.

I'm going to spend my whole time waiting for somebody to also clock off from their nine to five so that we can hang out.

And it can, it's a very unique experience.

situation to be in to feel like, oh, nobody else really knows what I'm going through, but also I chose this.

I wish I just would have a friend in this.

And it can be quite an isolating thing.

And the third thing is boundaries.

If you thought you didn't have boundaries at your nine to five, pursuing a big dream, working for yourself, pursuing something, I don't know, creative or a business, you will have less boundaries there because now you are the boss, the employee, the accounting department, HR, social media, you're everybody.

And you're not just doing this for somebody else.

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