Rossi

Having been self employed for several years now and working myself towards an early grave (seven years without a day off, 18 hour days), last year I made the decision to, well, in a nutshell change my life.
We now live by the maxim of " If you don't spend it , you ain't gotta earn it "
Hey, we're nearly always skint but I do get time to do what I want to do

Those of you with similar feelings may want to have a look at some research I came across whilst trying to find out if I'd gone barmy

http://www.growthfetish.com/Docs/DP50sum.pdf

It's a bit long winded but it does make interesting reading

Kath

Thanks Rossi, it's an interesting read. I think we will see more and more people choosing this option, especially when we realise how much consumerism affects our children.

Bed Of Roses

Thats a good Maxim think more should try that one, thanks for the link, Self emp you get sucked in when you cant say no for the fear of putting people Off and getting no more work from them.

Good luck in your quest of beating back the grave.

tinaj

Interesting report Rossi.

The reason a lot of us are moving out there is to do this in part I suppose.

At least if you can get rid of your mortgage by moving there, you will be able to downshift and one of you stop working 9-5.

Having time with your family is of more importance to me than earning a fortune - not that I ever would in my job anyway!

Promotion = more money = more hours. Part of the reason I would not want to advance in my job. More hours= less time with my children and they would have to pay me a lot of money for that to be worth it.