I Finally Stopped Delaying

I took a six month sabbatical from work and halfway through that sabbatical, I quit my job. I started to live in the moment instead of the future. I went swimming in a local lake. I read books. I walked by the canal. I visited a friend in Devon. I started writing my newsletter. I ran in the park. I took magic lessons. And I finally stopped delaying all the things I was waiting to do and started doing them.

In turn, I stopped delaying my life.

New Escapologist contributor Tom Gundy has put together a very nice PDF called How to Work Your Way.

After a nice intro (where the quote above came from), Tom interviews six people with unusual ideas about work. “Every one of them left their corporate jobs,” says Tom. I’m one of those people!

Tom cautions us that this isn’t a book about how to quit your job, but rather a guide to the “invisible scripts” that can hold you back when you’re trying to decide what to do with your life. Check it out, it’s good.

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New Escapologist Issue 18 (containing Tom Gundy’s column as well as others) is available now.