Beyond The 9-5 Series: Live Life On Your Own Terms
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Welcome, everyone, to our totally kick-ass, brand new section called Beyond The 9-5, where we talk to people from all over the world who are taking a relatively novel and very much rare path.
Tim Ferris calls them The New Rich, “those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility”.
We’ll be talking to 10 people who work from wherever they want as whatever they want.
It is our hope that this section will show you that:
1. the perfect work-life balance does exist – you just need to know how to arrange your life that way;
2. you can truly be, do and have anything you really want, and finally,
3. you can live a blissful life following your passion (you don’t need to ignore it and study something sensible because “it doesn’t pay the bills”!).
If you’re looking for inspiration or examples so that you too can paint your life in the colours of your own choosing, then follow this series.
Every Wednesday, I’ll be featuring one person who has successfully eschewed the daily grind and now lives on his or her own terms.
We’re super excited to get this series going and share these inspiring people with you.
We hope you enjoy them!
What lies beyond the 9-5?
What lies beyond the 9-5 is simple freedom – the ability to live your life the way you choose to live it instead of at the behest of a manager who doesn’t care about your hopes and dreams and yet controls not only your money but also your time.
Want to work from home in your pyjamas? Check.
Dreaming of waking up to the sound of waves crashing against a tropical island? Check.
Don’t want to leave your current company but you’re fed up with the commute? Check.
Looking forward to spending more time with your little ones instead of waking up early and then shuttling them off to nursery or daycare? Check.
Living beyond the 9-5 means having total control, freedom, mobility and power.
Words that speak of a work-life balance that is completely yours to create. The kind that seems too good to be true, a pie-in-the-sky promise that not even the ultra-rich can get. After all, we’ve all heard of that multi-millionaire who is without family and friends because he spends most of his life working.
But that’s not really what we want, is it?
We want the freedom that living beyond the 9-5 can bring.
What we want is to be able to go when and where we want to go, do whatever we want to do when we want to do it and wherever we want to do it without worrying about how we’re going to fund it.
That’s the dream.
And for many of us, it remains a dream until the day we retire.
But now that the idea of a steady job and paycheck has flown out the window (you know, the kind of job that’s yours until the day you die), shouldn’t we start questioning this deferred life plan as a matter of urgency?
Is it really a good idea to spend 40 years of our lives trading our time for money, deferring what we truly want in life, in the hope that we’ll have time and energy later on in life to cram everything in?
Fortunately, the advent of the digital age has swept most obstacles away and now we have the opportunity to create the blissful life we all deserve.
If you are even remotely interested in living beyond the 9-5 and joining the ranks of the New Rich, if you dream of a better work-life balance that allows you to spend time with the people and things you love, then tune in. Follow this series.
And learn from the experiences of men and women who have already gone down the path that is calling to you now.
A brand new adventure awaits you.
Want to be featured in the Beyond The 9-5 Series?
If you’re interested in sharing your story or you know someone whose life is perfect for this series, then please get in touch.
You could inspire others and help them chart a new path, freeing them from the constraints of the daily grind and opening a future of untold possibilities.
They say that success leaves clues and your story could be the vital piece to someone’s puzzle.
Imagine being able to dramatically transform another person’s life for the better simply by telling your story.
What are you waiting for?
Get in touch now.
How do I get in touch?
Although we’re available on social media, the best way to contact us about being featured in this series is by email.
We look forward to speaking with you.
I think this is an amazing article on how to achieve someone’s dreams in the hope of not working long hours at a job you hate. Some don’t have a choice because that work is all they have that is keeping them going in life where money is concerned, but all they need is motivation to be able to do their own thing and make their own money.
I honesty love this post and even though I don’t actually have a story to share, I know others that does, so I won’t mind sharing this post to encourage others.
Thank you for a great post on the opportunity to actually share someone’s story that’s been struggling with work.
All the best.
Thank you.
We are hoping to inspire many people who dream of this kind of work-life balance and yet keep getting told that it’s impossible.
But there are people who’ve succeeded at this so, clearly, it is possible and we’re going to shed light into the process.
We’re super psyched. We hope you’ll continue to join us in the journey. 🙂
Wow! This is such an excellent initiative and one that I will gladly be willing to partake in. Before I got an opportunity to get off my boring daily job where I was busy doing everything in line with the status quo, it took me a hell lot of time but immediately I did, I realised that true freedom lies beyond the 9-5 working hours. I would gladly share my story with people and hopefully, my story would inspire others to cross the bridge beyond the 9-5.
That is awesome! We’d love to hear from you. Just drop us a quick email and let’s get this going.
I’m still very new to the following passion thing but I work at it daily and enjoy the process, especially as my niche sites generate more and more traffic. I’d love to be featured in the Beyond the 9-5 Series someday, not sure when, but it’s a matter of when and not if. I think this series is brilliant as it’ll show others just breaking into the world of following passion rather than the 9-5 rat race hope for a better future. I can’t wait to read some personal accounts here
Hi Todd, thanks for your comment. We’re very excited about this, especially as the line-up we have for this coming month showcases so many different skills in a variety of niches.
We hope you’ll continue to join us on our journey. 🙂
PS. we’d love to feature you once you feel ready for it. Just shoot us an email so we can get the ball rolling.
I’m a big fan of Tim Ferris and his series of books like The 4-hour Workweek, The 4-hour Chef, and The 4-hour Body. His approach to working smarter instead of harder is something we all aspire to do. Having the freedom and flexibility to work on your own terms is a dream for most people, so it’s nice to get solid information on how to achieve these goals. Great idea to showcase inspirational stories of success!
Me too. Came across his book purely by accident and fell in love with it immediately.
It’s not always easy – especially when trying to explain to other people exactly what I’m doing – but the rewards are well worth it. 🙂
PS. If you or anyone you know would like to be featured in the series, do get in touch. We are all agog. lol