Live Without Working

What does it mean to live without working?

I’m still exploring that concept, but so far I’ve decided that it means living a unified life instead of two lives as most of us do now.

Most of us live two lives. We live our working life, which involves going to work, working, and all the other stuff that goes along with that life. Business travel. Trips to the dry cleaners. Reading business books to keep up with the latest trends. We may enjoy some of this or maybe not.

The second life (going in order of time spent)  is our personal life or family life. This is the one where we do what we want. We spend time with our families, or our significant others. We enjoy hobbies, and do the things that bring us great joy.

The problem is that the first tends to make us money that we spend on the second. We need the first in order to live the second. The problem is that most of us would rather live the second than the first - we work to live rather than live to work, right?

Does it have to be that way? What if we could find a way to live a life we’re happy with, that gave us what we wanted, but didn’t require us to work? What if we could live without working?

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I want, and how to  get it. I’ve read several books, and tried several things. I have many more books and ideas yet to try. This blog will discuss what I’m reading and trying, and hopefully it will help some other people. Hopefully it will also build some traffic as well ;-)

1. Wayne Says:
   June 8th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

   I too wish to live without working. I have no desire for wealth or material things. I don’t want a fancy car, or a big screen tv. I just want to be able to live my life without the burden of working. I don’t want to have to work my life away and be miserable 5 out of 7 days a week to barely scrape by on Wal-Mart pay. If you find a way to live without working, please share it.



2. admin Says:
   June 8th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

   I plan to share everything I try. I hope it works!