Tag: Book recommendation

As I mentioned in The Pursuit of Happiness, one of my key insights when I took a step back to analyze my life was: I enjoy my work when I feel like I am succeeding at it, and I become stressed and unhappy when I feel like I am not.  

Even once you figure out all the math and how-tos of the FIRE movement, reaching financial independence will still probably take years. Stressed and unhappy is no way to spend these years. It was time to try to step up my game at work!

If you read last week’s article, and if you actually did the homework, you may now be thinking:

“Okay I dragged myself out of bed . . . now what?”

If you are are as stressed and overwhelmed as I was a couple years ago, you probably feel like you don’t have time to learn about financial independence, the study of happiness, or anything else.  Consistently spending 55 hours per week in the office will not only make you bitter about the time you are missing with your children, but it will also make it seem like you don’t have time available to figure out how to change things.

If this is the case, the first thing you need to do is create some space.