I started this site because I know that one day I want to work for myself and I think four hours a day is the ideal work day for maximum efficiency and happiness. I will never understand people that kill themselves at their day job: working long hours, weekends and overtime solely for the money. And that is why they’re doing it, what other reason could there be? I would rather work less, spend less and live more as this site’s tagline would suggest. The world that we live in has so much to offer and I can’t think of one good reason why I’d want to spend a majority of my day cooped up inside a cubicle.
With that being said though, it doesn’t always make sense to just jump right in to working four hours a day. There aren’t many high paying jobs that allow you to work a half day and then go home. I think the best path to a four hour work day is by eventually working for yourself and working hard early on in your career so that you can build passive income later. It really is a simple concept but it’s not one that everyone will eventually grasp. [Read more…]