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Working To Live, Not Living To Work
The Work To Live Network is the brainchild of Will and Jimmy Irvin. We aim to help people find out what it is they really want to do when they grow up, and help them achieve a better work-life balance. There is a growing trend of people giving up long hours in an office to embark on a career of self-employment. We hope you enjoy the articles posted here, and please, feel free to post your comments.
Written on November 19, 2009 by Will Irvin
Filed Under: Working To Live
As the old Catch-22 goes, “I can’t get a job without experience, but how will I gain experience without a job?” It’s a conundrum as old as time itself, but there are some ways to get experience, particularly as a freelance writer, that don’t require you to actually get hired by someone first. Read More
Written on November 18, 2009 by Will Irvin
Filed Under: Working To Live
One of the main drawbacks of being a freelancer or independent contractor is the fact that you often have to work many hours, and constantly have to look for new work, in order to keep your bills paid. This is what has prompted me to look into other potential streams of income, commonly referred to as residual income, which is basically money that you make that you are not directly doing anything for at the point of sale. Read More
Written on November 17, 2009 by Will Irvin
Filed Under: Working To Live
You know the old expression about the “best laid plans of mice and men…”? Well, sometimes a plan doesn’t work out just quite the way you envisioned, and you have to drop back and punt (pardon the sports analogy…it is football season, after all). After a year of living in a “fixer-upper” and attempting to fix it up while also pursuing my career in writing, I have decided that each was distracting me from the other, so I decided that one of them had to go. So, I have moved into a house that is not in dire need of repair, so I can focus more on my writing for a while. Read More