Comments on: When to Cut a Project, Client, or Program

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:24:05 +0000

Gotta agree with the “experts” – I recently decided to ditch an adsense blog b/c although it was making progress and had a lot of potential, I wasn’t all that interested in the topic and it had become a horrible chore to keep up.

Enjoying what you do is everything.

By: Tishia Lee

Tishia Lee — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:41:58 +0000

In reply to Denise O'Berry. Denise I totally agree with you! I recently fired a client that was causing me way too much stress & it just wasn't worth dealing with it. As soon as I fired her I had 2 different transcription projects come in (which I love doing!). Letting go of something that isn't working or isn't fun anymore makes room, like you said, for the good things!

By: Savvy Subcontracting

Savvy Subcontracting — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:27:18 +0000

My client and I were just talking about this. Right now I’m going through a career transition. What I keep in mind is just because it gets harder doesn’t mean I need to cut my client. When I get to the point of bringing his business down is when I will let him go.

By: Alice Coaxum

Alice Coaxum — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:22:22 +0000

I found this post timely and informative, since I am contemplating whether to let go of my sites or not. I have conflicted feelings. I’m going to consider some of the things I learned in this post before I make a final decision.

By: Elisabeth Kuhn

Elisabeth Kuhn — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:21:27 +0000

Great points! And it makes me think…

Maybe you could do an upcoming Income CPR on best ways to unload a website that could generate some cash OR that we no longer want to work on…

Thanks!

By: Denise O'Berry

Denise O'Berry — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:02:00 +0000

The thing that’s amazing — once you’ve typically made your decision to eliminate — is that often something you love comes in and fills up that space you were so uncomfortable with. Making room for good things is always, well, a good thing. 🙂

By: The Mom

The Mom — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:40:16 +0000

Math not sexy? Au contraire! Is it time to bring out the Math Club picture again. 😉

Seriously, you all make wonderful sense. Myself? I know something has to go when I keep avoiding it by doing other things, like scrubbing the tub. It’s really gotta be bad if I scrub the tub to avoid doing it. Seriously. I don’t need any math to help me figure that one out.

But sometimes math is the only friend we have. When something is fun, but keeping me away from my long term goals, a little math (and a slap upside the head from Nicole!) comes in handy.

Thanks experts for the reminder that it’s okay to let it go.

By: Sharyn Sheldon

Sharyn Sheldon — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:22:42 +0000

Hi Nicole,

Love all the expert input. I’ll just add that you have to look carefully at the financial aspects before you chuck something – not just your ROI on your time, but from a broader planning perspective. If you are dependent on the income you’re getting from a client or project, how long will it take to replace that income as you spend your time elsewhere? Can you afford to wait? What is your backup plan if you can’t replace that income in the way that you’d wanted to? I know it’s all common sense, but people can dig a whole for themselves if they haven’t created a realistic plan for rebuilding any income they’re losing when they eliminate something that has been earning (no matter how much they hate it).

– Sharyn

By: Tawra

Tawra — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:52:34 +0000

Thanks for the input. Actually for the last 8 years or so I keep saying I’m going to quit. (We’ve been doing this for 15 yrs.)

The amount of money we are earning vs. stress just isn’t worth it but…then I think well, if we can just get over this hurdle then it will go better. It never does, only causes more work.

Now we are making enough money to live on, barely, so we are holding out until Mike can do something else and then we can just take it back to a hobby again. Well, I think, I will probably change my mind before this post is done! LOL

We have done so much work that I hate to just dump it and selling it would be like selling your kid and seeing someone else with them at the grocery store but you can’t have them! LOL (I know, it’s crazy, I’ve just put too much into this but at the same time I’m pretty worn out. (I do have a chronic illness so being worn out is the norm for me.)

We are going to look at the numbers again after Christmas and see if this should be it or if we should keep trying to make a go of it. You’re info. was very helpful!