Last month I bought the new, expanded edition of Timothy Ferriss’ ‘The 4 Hour Work Week’. It’s a lifestyle I’ve been aiming to create for years, using my own approach to making money and enjoying life. Ten years ago, for example, I realised I could work in England in the spring and summer then go travelling in Eastern Europe in autumn. The pounds I made in a well paying position in the UK would last for months when converted into Polish zloties or Czech crowns.
The economy is less good in England now and though I’m in a well paying job, it’s incredibly hard to save with all the bills coming in constantly. There’s council tax, motor insurance, utilities, fuel cost….the list goes on. Therefore, I’m trying to implement some of Ferriss’ ideas for adding income and becoming an owner not a wage slave.
It’s not as easy as it seems, but then again if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Hardest, I find at the moment, is coming up with an idea (a ‘muse’) for generating income. I have a few ideas but don’t know how realistic they are and testing them is proving not as easy as it is written about by Ferriss.
I’ll keep going with it, though, and am determined to crack it. The advantages offered are too large to be ignored and the day job too restrictive and mind-numbing to be done for any length of time.