Best advice of 2007

Whether you make New Year’s resolutions or not, there can’t be many people out there who don’t use the start of a new year as an opportunity to start a new project, kick an old habit or re-evaluate their goals. I’ve trawled through Drop Out Diaries and picked out the best tips since my adventure […]

What dropping out means today

I began writing this article with the aim of explaining what I mean by dropping out. In essence, I am talking about dropping out of the rat race, out of the nine-to-five wage slavery toil. But there’s much more to it than just giving up a high-flying city job in favour of a place in […]

What dropping out means to me

I’ve just come across a very thoughtful essay about “dropping out” by a chap called Ran Prieur. It chimes with a lot of things I have been thinking about in recent days. I don’t always agree with or entirely understand everything in the essay but it is so good (and all too rare) to be […]

Working for yourself

Slight panic while having my shower this morning. I have no idea what I’m going to do in the long term, no exciting business venture planned or entrepreneurial project to carry out.
A friend said to me recently that if you are going into business for yourself, you should try to do something you have a […]

How to give up the rat race

I am finding that there is a lot of information out there for people who want to leave the rat race, live a simple life or take time out. For example:

unconventionalideas.com/possaddi.html - Three ways to get over possession addiction
mythbreakers.com/pci/eison03.htm - How to live economically
whywork.org - Exploring the intriguing question…why work?