“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
~Oscar Wilde
“There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.”
~George Santayana
After going through these exercises, you might be thinking, “Sure, it all sounds good, but I’m still not convinced I can pull this off.”
While going through the exercises and applying the principles, you may find that you don’t actually want to leave the office. You just want to be happier.
While full time teleworking agreements may not feel possible to many people, I can promise you that if you just start to apply some of the principles in this book, your situation at work and in your life will improve substantially.
As you begin to see results, I believe that you will come up with your own conclusions as to what is possible in terms of your work and how you choose to live your life.
To summarize the main principles in this series, the three things that you need to remember in work and in whatever else you do are these:
- Become effective
- Increase your value
- Ask for what you want
Life is not all about working, and neither is it about having all the free time in the world. For me, life is about doing things that allow you to grow and discover more about yourself before you finally kick the bucket.
The purpose of this series is not simply to teach you how to escape the office. The true purpose of this series is to teach you how to create the time you need so you can figure out what it is that you actually want to achieve before your time on this planet runs out.
For some it might just be to have a stable job to support their family and live comfortably. For others, it could be travelling around the world and experiencing everything this life has to offer.
It is time for you to do your own thinking and decide the rules upon which you wish to live your life. Question everything, and if it doesn’t make sense, ask yourself why. Don’t be afraid to be different and don’t be afraid to go after the things that you truly believe in.
You have the choice to live out the rest of your days unhappily and in fear, or you could ask yourself, “What is the worst that could happen?” and just go for it.
I’ll leave you with a quote which I frequently refer to and try to apply whenever I’m faced with a situation which doesn’t sit right with me for whatever reason.
It has guided me through many difficult situations and taught me that usually if my heart is telling me something is wrong I should; in the words of Sister Mary Clarence, “Wake up and pay attention!”
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
~Buddha
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Yasuo Long believes that all employees should have the right to design their lifestyle according to their needs in order to maintain their health, their relationships and their happiness. In pursuit of this, he quit the 9-to-5 and became a telecommuter to give himself the time and mental freedom to discover what it really means to live with direction and purpose.
