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Freelancing Your Job

Posted in January 3rd, 2008
by Mike in Escape Routes, Stage 3 - Self Employment

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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A Better Career - A Better Life

Posted in December 10th, 2007
by Mike in Escape Routes, Social Trends, Stage 2 - Employment

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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The Day I Walked Out on my Job

Posted in October 15th, 2007
by Mike in Escape Routes, Humor, Stage 2 - Employment

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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Making Your Escape From Employment

Posted in September 12th, 2007
by Mike in Escape Routes, Stage 2 - Employment, Stage 4 - Financial Freedom

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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5 Freelance Careers

Posted in August 26th, 2007
by Mike in Escape Routes, Stage 3 - Self Employment

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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Blog Monetization

Posted in July 31st, 2007
by Mike in Escape Routes

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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