Tim Ferriss and his book, The 4 Hour Work-Week, were a significant force in inspiring me to quit my job. I must have read the book cover to cover at least 10 times over the last three months I was at my “real world” job and spent countless hours perusing his blog absorbing all the [...]
By the end of 2008, the unemployment rate in the United States rose to over seven percent, with almost two million jobs lost in the last four months of the year alone. The way the economy is going there seems little hope for those numbers to immediately reverse themselves in 2009, with most economists forecasting [...]
that is really a note to self. I am hopelessly forgetful about tagging, which I know in the end is to my own detriment. It isn’t complicated, and it isn’t hard, I just always forget to do it. oops. I’ll try really hard at the end of this post, and I’m hoping the title will [...]
So now that the blessed date is drawing near (less than two months and counting), the reality of finances has been slowly but surely creeping into my mind. When I started this blog in May, I mentioned that I was going to be as honest as possible about the financial realities of freelancing full time. [...]
You know, I hate to admit it, but the past few days I have been thinking of excuses I could make to myself to stay at my job.
I don’t know what has been wrong with me this week, but my emotions regarding my job have been horribly (and unexpectedly) mercurial. I know the reasons why it is [...]