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Written by Andrew McKay In the luxurious reality of today, living off-the grid might sound like a true scene of apocalypse, but the beauty of its self-sustenance makes one connect more with nature and natural living or perhaps just, living. Society, its inventions and discoveries have proved to

From Investopedia Many people are examining the relative advantages and disadvantages of working part time nowadays. Employers have shifted to hiring more part-time workers and fewer full-time employees. As this has caused the choices of available staff positions to shrink, it has also led to many

I liked this article, but the one thing that bothers me about authors who talk about leaving the rat race is that so many of them act like the only way to do it is to get rich online. Working online is fine, and yes, some people hit it big online, but it's not necessary. You could work part-time on

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by John Howard, MA Have you ever wanted to drop out of mainstream society and live differently? Have you dreamed of not having to work, taking it easy, and meeting great people while enjoying the fruits of the Earth? There are alternative lifestyles everywhere, just waiting for those who want in. H

“How do I move off grid now?!”. People want to know. Well, lets be straight up honest and get the negative part out of the way, the part that no one wants to talk about. It’s simple. There is no easy way to make the move to living off the grid. Lets say that again just to make it perfectly clear.

As a bucket list item in 2012, I moved to portland after lowering my monthly expenses to $1000 a month and only worked 20 hours a week. I didn't feel poor, because I didn't really want for anything (but also, no emergencies happened, either). Does anyone have experience with living with less, whethe

Have any of you ever worked 20 hours a week and been able to pay your bills? It requires a lot of lowering of expenses, but it is just the perfect amount of time to work. I used to work at a place where I was required to work Monday-Friday, but it was only 20 hours, so I worked 4.5 hours a day M-Th