Most people who think about working on the internet would love to leave their full time job and just work at home. Sometimes people might make the decision to do this and later regret it. Before you do this, you want to be sure to consider all the ramifications of your decision.
One of the first things you should consider, and one of the most important, is whether or not you are motivated enough and disciplined enough to actually work from home every day for the necessary number of hours to get your work done. Many times people who work at home part time consider their job as something they can keep on doing or not depending on their interest. Sometimes having a boss is really beneficial since they keep you on task and on schedule.
Another thing you will need to consider is what to do about the benefits you will lose if you leave your present position. If you decide to work at home you will no longer have things like health insurance, paid vacations, and retirement plans that you might currently have. You might be able to get health insurance through your spouse, and he or she might have a retirement plan that more money can be put into, but you will still need to consider the possible loss in income and benefits that will come about with this change. It is more than your salary that you will no longer have if you decide to leave your job.
One of the other issues that might come up is that when you work at home you will not necessarily be getting a check for a specific amount of money each pay period like you are used to. This means that you have to figure out how to take care of your expenses when you have an uncertain and unpredictable income. You should see how much it takes to cover your day to day expenses to make sure that you will be able to cover these costs still if you quit your day job.
Finally, you need to make sure that you are really clear about what you will need to do in order to make enough money if you make this change. You are definitely going to have to spend some money in order to promote your business if you work at home, and this could end up amounting to a lot more than you might be thinking of. It would be wise to have a savings account with enough money to cover your expenses for about 18 months so that you have time to get your business up and running and (hopefully) profitable without worrying too much about where the money for basic necessities is going to come from.
Before making any decision on whether or not to quit your full time position, you should be sure to consider all of the factors mentioned above. Not everyone is capable of succeeding in this type of job, so it is best to consider all of the implications while you are still fully employed rather than quitting to start a business immediately that may or may not succeed