Freelance designer. Freelance artist. Freelance Assistant. These days it seems that you can take just about any career and turn it into a self-employed venture, or at least a contract position (where you can negotiate a remote working environment or work-at-home office.)
Overlooked by many wannabe-office-escapees, it’s perhaps the easiest path to having [...]

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I’ve noticed a disturbing pattern developing amongst many people who feel trapped in office culture. It’s a pattern that combined an unhealthy dose of complacency, complaining, and a hint of anger. Mix those wonderful traits together with a touch of depression and you have your classic case of burnout: someone who cannot stand [...]

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Here is a true story from the late fall of 2003. It’s the story about how I walked out on the job, never to return. No, I didn’t just quit and give a two-week notice like a good employee. I actually literally WALKED OUT in the middle of my shift without saying [...]

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It’s really simple. There is one thing that you have to do to break free of the rat race forever. Just one. And if you can do it, you will never have to go back to being a wage slave, dependent on forced hours and having your time and life stolen away. [...]

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Many careers can be parlayed into self-employed ventures. In a previous entry I discussed how Graphic Designers can just as easily be self-employed (well, maybe not AS easily) as office slaves. For your entertainment here is a fun list I concocted of some of these careers. Enjoy!
Graphic Designer
Average Employed Earnings: $37,000/year (after [...]

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The art of blogging for income is a relatively new thing. While blogging itself got it’s start somewhere in the 90’s, it has recently seen an explosion in popularity. The current trends seem to indicate that the numbers of people who blog as both a hobby and profession may level off soon, peaking [...]

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