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Why does it have to take 40 hours of your life every week? Why not less?

• javajosh 14y ago
  I'm going to assume that your question is well-meaning. While there are indeed ways to make a good living working less than 40 hours a week, given the OP's state of mind, it seems to me that the traditional, straight-forward, easy-to-implement solution of a normal day job is what he needs to hear. You don't burden someone who is badly in need with options. You give them solutions that work. Optimize later.
  • capisce 14y ago
    I'm questioning the hidden assumption that everyone should work five days a week. If the guy really wants to follow his passion a better solution would be to work (at a reduced wage, sure) part-time and thus have more time to work on his own projects.
    • derefr 14y ago
      Personally, I suggest the solution from the Four Hour Work Week. Paraphrased: 1. Start a company that passively earns money. It doesn't have to earn much, it just has to earn it with no marginal effort on your part. Though, earning more is better: ideally, your audience should be wealthy people in the Western world. Consumers who spend frivolously are good. Businesses are better. Big businesses who don't even remember you're on their balance-sheet are best. 2. Then, go live somewhere not in the US, somewhere with an extremely low cost of living, somewhere where that passive income goes a long way. (The book terms this "travelling", but you don't actually have to keep moving; you can pick one cheap place and stay.) 3. Do your life's work from there.