A few weeks ago I hinted that we were working on something that would enable us to meet our financial requirements in only 4 hours a week (or zero hours a week, depending on whose book you were reading!)   This is still part of our “Lifestyle Design” experiment as we work through Tim Ferriss’ book The 4-Hour Workweek. Today I reveal our plan!...

So here I am several chapters and a couple of weeks further into my “Lifestyle Design” project.  This week I’m in Chapter 8 of  The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated, and it’s all about outsourcing and using concierge services.  Totally a new concept for me.  The book chronicles A. J.  Jacobs‘ experience when he tested it...

So last Friday I told you about “learning to fly”.  I completed my exercises for 4HWW right after writing that blog.  I created a questionnaire based on the questions at the end of Chapter 4 and got all my answers on paper.  I then worked out the costs and got set up with clear goals for the next 6 months and some “rougher” goals for the...

Way back in the 80′s Amy Grant wrote a song called “I’m Gonna Fly”  I loved that song – it touched my heart somehow, and has sort of become my anthem.  Sometimes it’s gotten lost in the detritus of life, but it always re-emerges.  Take a listen: Now, if you’ve been reading my blog even sporadically, you have to know...