One More Freeman

Iā€™ll be making much less for a little while, but I donā€™t mind that at all, because I become immediately freed from paying the dozens of insidious costs of a steady corporate paycheck ā€” the anti-creative cubicular environment, the dark and fearful mood that descends every Sunday evening, the treadmill of forgettable tasks that have nothing to do with my values, and the attitude of total subordination thatā€™s required to stay employed, to name only a few.

And although theyā€™re not strictly forbidden by living as a fifty-hour-a-week employee, certain pursuits had become a lot more difficult. Since Iā€™m already using my evenings and weekends to run a blog, maintain a few friendships, and keep my home and clothing clean, ā€œelectivesā€ like exercising, reading, and conducting creative experiments never find a consistent space to flourish as habits.

Congratulations are due to friend David of Raptitude who escapes the everyday grind on October 11th.

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Robert Wringham is the editor of New Escapologist. He also writes books and articles. Read more at wringham.co.uk

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