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The Great Office Escape Redesign
It’s been awhile! I am currently in the process of redesigning The Great Office Escape with a whole new look. Sometime around October this new and improved version of the site will be ready to go, and at that time I will (finally) start updating again. If you would like to follow the progress of [...]
Investing in Yourself
In many ways, I am writing this one for myself. Many of my entries on this blog have been about finding a better career, or just escaping from a bad one. There were countless days I spent looking out that window in a faceless office dreaming of a better life for myself. What I failed [...]
I Lost My Day Job
Well, it finally happened. I became another victim of the modern “replaceable human labor” movement at work. I lost my job, and the reason given was that they wanted to create a new part-time job sometime down the line, and that the position wouldn’t be necessary. So, while I consistently and unwaveringly shout the message [...]
Optional Work
Here is a quick question for my readers to ponder: Imagine that you had enough money in the bank so that if you wanted to you’d never have to work another day in your life. What would you do? Would you continue the path you are on? Would you retire and move to Tahiti? Would [...]
The Four Stages
Note: I wrote this article as I was just beginning my writing for The Great Office Escape. Since then, this has evolved into the 5 stages of Professional Development. It is still interesting to see where various ideas come from! There are four levels of social and economic freedom that each individual chooses (or does [...]
Welcome to The Great Office Escape!
Your story may be different than mine, and probably is. You might be an aspiring entrepreneur, or someone looking to reduce the amount of time at the office and spend more time with people you care about. You may be a young college graduate who is simply horrified by the reality of the 8-to-5 work [...]
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