05-24-2014, 10:59 PM
I've been self-employed for fifteen or sixteen years. I make my living from music - composing, performing, running workshops. Over the past couple of years I have worked hard at reducing my outgoings, so that I only have to earn money a couple of days a week. It's a work in progress and there is a way to go. Working for a living is over-rated. By many standards I live below the poverty line, but I am not poor. I don't claim benefits and I don't owe money, although it is a bit hand-to-mouth most of the time. I can't see a time when I shall ever be able to retire, but that's okay while I have my health. I love my life. I live in a beautiful place with horses, moorhens and the odd kingfisher for neighbours.
B.A. is right. The edifice is crumbling. Clear your debts, because it will get messy. The way most of us live is completely unsustainable. We are consuming far more than our fair share of the world's resources.
As for advice to the OP, the only thing I can suggest is find something you can do for which others might want to pay you. Try not to rely on someone else to supply you with a job.
B.A. is right. The edifice is crumbling. Clear your debts, because it will get messy. The way most of us live is completely unsustainable. We are consuming far more than our fair share of the world's resources.
As for advice to the OP, the only thing I can suggest is find something you can do for which others might want to pay you. Try not to rely on someone else to supply you with a job.