How to Escape the 9 to 5 Without Quitting Your Job Yet
- Silivere Bakomeza
- Sep 4
- 6 min read
Updated: Sep 9
Let’s clear something up. You do not need to quit your job to start building freedom.
You just need to stop treating your job like your final destination and start treating it like your launchpad.
I still clock in as a bus driver.
I still drive routes, deal with traffic, and punch in hours.
But the difference?
Every dollar I make has a mission.
Every hour outside of work is building something that lives beyond the paycheck.
And if you are stuck in the 9 to 5 right now, but you are serious about escaping it, this post is for you.
Why You Do Not Need to Quit Yet
The internet is loud.
“Quit your job. Take a risk. Chase your dreams.” That might work if you are 21 with no kids, no bills, and no pressure.
But for the rest of us with families, rent, debt, or mouths to feed, the smarter move is to build the escape plan quietly and aggressively.
Your job is not the problem.
Your inactivity after the job is.
If you treat your job like dead weight, it will feel like a prison.
If you treat your job like your first business partner, it becomes the best seed investor you will ever have.
Your paycheck can fund ownership.
Your paycheck can buy freedom.
Your paycheck can be your exit plan.
Treat Your Job as Your First Business Partner
Most people think their job is the enemy. They treat the 9 to 5 like a cage they need to escape from as quickly as possible.
That mindset is exactly why they stay trapped. Here is the shift: your job is not your enemy. Your job is your first business partner.
Think about it.
Your paycheck is the only guaranteed seed investment you will ever get.
It arrives every two weeks, whether the market is green or red.
It does not care about your follower count, your blog traffic, or your side hustle results.
That paycheck is predictable cash flow, and cash flow is the first ingredient of freedom.
Instead of wasting it on things that look rich on cars, clothes, and gadgets, you can funnel it into assets that actually make you rich.
That is exactly what I do.
Every time I get paid, 35 percent of my check goes straight into my brokerage account. Automatically. Before I even touch it. Before bills, before groceries, before anything else.
That money is not mine to spend. It is my business partner’s equity contribution.
It buys more shares of Strategy (MSTR). It fuels my 365-day system. It builds my digital real estate.
Your job can do the same for you.
It does not matter if you make 800 a week or 8,000.
The principle is the same: treat your job like the capital partner in your long-term wealth plan.
When you see your employer this way, your mindset changes.
The job is no longer a prison, it becomes a launchpad.
Instead of thinking, “I have to work for this paycheck,” you start thinking, “This paycheck is working for me.”
One path keeps you stuck, the other path sets you free.
Use Your Paycheck to Buy Your Freedom
Most people use their paycheck to stay broke. They buy things that look rich, not things that build wealth.
I flipped the script.
I use my job to fund one simple move:
50 dollars a day into Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), every single market day, for 20 years.
That is it.
No hype.
Just conviction, consistency, and time.
I pay myself first, 35 percent of every check automatically goes into my brokerage account before I touch a bill.
The money never has a chance to disappear.
It goes straight to ownership.
📌 Read my full plan here: My Strategy DCA System for 20 Years
And here is the key: you do not need to copy my exact system.
You might choose one stock.
You might choose Bitcoin.
You might build toward 1000 dollars in each of your top five picks.
The exact ticker does not matter.
The discipline does.
👉 If you want to start but feel overwhelmed, here are the beginner friendly tools I personally use:
Robinhood - Easy automation for daily buys
Webull - Great for tracking growth
Acorns - Turns spare change into long term ownership
Coinbase - For Bitcoin and crypto exposure
Crypto.com - Great for staking and altcoin moves
You do not need 5000 dollars to start.
You just need to start and stay in the game.
Turn Your Five to Nine into Your Wealth Building Hours
Your nine to five pays the bills.
Your five to nine builds the life.
The average person spends their evenings escaping reality.
Netflix. TikTok. Group chats. Complaints.
The disciplined person spends their evenings building an exit.
That could mean:
Writing content
Researching investments
Building a digital asset
Documenting a journey
I built this blog, BakoInvest.com, on weekends, nights, and early mornings.
Not with venture funding.
Not with permission.
Just with consistency.
Start small.
One post a week.
One video a week.
One hour a night.
The five to nine hours are the wealth hours.
Waste them and you stay trapped.
Use them and you escape.
Build Digital Assets That Work While You Sleep
The game is not just money.
It is leverage.
And digital assets are the most accessible leverage in history.
Here are five anyone can start:
A blog (like this one)
A YouTube channel
An email newsletter
A niche eBook or course
A no code app
Digital assets are time multipliers.
They live online.
They attract traffic.
They grow in value while you sleep.
And just like a portfolio, they compound if you stay consistent.
Use Your Job as Proof Not an Excuse
People do not trust words. They trust receipts.
That is why I document my Strategy journey weekly.
That is why I show screenshots.
That is why I share real numbers, even when they are small or red.
Because people believe what they can see.
Your job is not an excuse to say you cannot build.
Your job is proof that you can build anyway.
When I say I am still a bus driver, it disarms people.
They realize I am not faking it.
I am building while working.
That proof is powerful.
And one day, that proof will turn into influence.
Stop Waiting for Permission
This is what keeps most people stuck.
They wait for the perfect moment.
The perfect income.
The perfect conditions.
The perfect audience.
Here is the truth.
There is no perfect moment. There is only now and the people who move anyway.
The longer you wait, the deeper the trap becomes.
The sooner you start, the sooner freedom becomes real.
My System in Action
Here is exactly what I do:
Every weekday, I buy 50 dollars of Strategy (MSTR)
Every Monday, I add 100 dollars to cover weekend days
Every holiday, I make a manual 50 dollar buy to stay consistent
Every Saturday, I publish a weekly update on the journey
This has nothing to do with luck.
It is conviction plus discipline plus time.
I started with zero readers.
Now I have momentum, traffic, subscribers, and a growing stack of shares.
📌 Follow along here: Weekly Strategy Updates
Final Word
You do not need millions to start.
You do not need to quit to begin.
You just need conviction, a system, and the consistency to keep going.
Treat your job like your first business partner.
Pay yourself first.
Turn your five to nine into your freedom hours.
Stack digital real estate until it compounds.
And remember:
You escape the nine to five not by quitting first, but by building something so strong that quitting becomes a choice.
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