My wife and I both run our own businesses and set our own hours. She has more structure from day to day with clients and classes, where as I generally can pick and choose if and when I want to work.
I used to have a regular job, but went a different route upon returning to Canada (circumstance played a much larger role than planning I fully admit) and I have to say it really changed my life.
We tend to live for the moment we're currently in, more than for strictly the 'future' or retirement, and it has really enriched our day to day lives. We are able to be spontaneous, to take time off whenever we want or need, and generally not feel any of the oppressiveness I once felt as an employee.
The downside is that we are personally responsible for making money, and it is not nearly as 'safe' as working for a business.
There is always talk of work,save,retire,relax and that general life path is taught early and with good reason in terms of keeping the machine moving, but both my parents died young, with my father dying a year before retirement. I was just graduating from Uni and it changed my perspective on life profoundly.
I finished my degree, broke up with my fiancé, left the country to work, and vowed to live all of the years between now and retirement as though I could die at any time. Not like a crazy person mind you, but in a way that would make me feel as though I had not wasted my life if I were to find I had an ALS filled deterioration year left before death, type thing.
Needless to say it's not for everyone, and other folks do it better, but we're happy, have time to be happy, and have a substantial amount of control over the time we spend alive.
Just another example of a way to live I suppose.
I used to have a regular job, but went a different route upon returning to Canada (circumstance played a much larger role than planning I fully admit) and I have to say it really changed my life.
We tend to live for the moment we're currently in, more than for strictly the 'future' or retirement, and it has really enriched our day to day lives. We are able to be spontaneous, to take time off whenever we want or need, and generally not feel any of the oppressiveness I once felt as an employee.
The downside is that we are personally responsible for making money, and it is not nearly as 'safe' as working for a business.
There is always talk of work,save,retire,relax and that general life path is taught early and with good reason in terms of keeping the machine moving, but both my parents died young, with my father dying a year before retirement. I was just graduating from Uni and it changed my perspective on life profoundly.
I finished my degree, broke up with my fiancé, left the country to work, and vowed to live all of the years between now and retirement as though I could die at any time. Not like a crazy person mind you, but in a way that would make me feel as though I had not wasted my life if I were to find I had an ALS filled deterioration year left before death, type thing.
Needless to say it's not for everyone, and other folks do it better, but we're happy, have time to be happy, and have a substantial amount of control over the time we spend alive.
Just another example of a way to live I suppose.
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