{"id":13800,"date":"2022-10-05T22:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13800"},"modified":"2022-11-16T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T20:26:54","slug":"tasker-stories-darren-and-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.co.uk\/blog\/tasker-stories-darren-and-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasker Stories: Darren and John"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/profile\/john-h--161\">John<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/profile\/darren-m--16\">Darren<\/a> are childhood best friends who found themselves in a similar predicament: they were both unhappy in their corporate jobs. While each took a different path on the road to full-time tasking, the benefits they experienced were the same: newfound flexibility and the freedom to live life on their own terms.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John was introduced to Taskrabbit by his boss at his corporate job and started tasking part-time, building up an ample client base. Once he felt secure with his earning potential through Taskrabbit, he left his job and started tasking full time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darren always knew that he wanted to work for himself. After years of feeling trapped in sales jobs, he took the leap and quit his full-time job. 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