4 Day Work Week– Is this possible?

I just got hold of “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Tim Ferriss.  I got it through Amazon via a client in the US as this book was unavailable locally last year.  The other day, I have checked and Powerbooks have the book online at the cost of 850 something.  I got mine for USD13.00 and got the book last January.

At any rate, this book is inspiring especially to me– a freelance worker.  A 4-hour workweek? Is this possible at all?  Perhaps if the question was thrown at me last year, I would have said, impossible, but now, oh yeah… it is possible.

The lifestyle design that Ferriss proposes in the book may be radical especially to the normal 8-5 employee, but like I said for us freelance workers, this is very possible and can be done quite easily.  I am not quite finished with the book honestly, but I am already psyched.  Like everyone else, I want to be a part of the New Rich, and spend the rest of my life enjoying the fruits of my automated business.

The hurdle ofcourse is to be able to find the right business that does not require your 24/7 attention.  If you read this book, Ferriss will tell you pointblank that it is possible…  Now, let’s begin and find that MUSE…

What really got my attention about Tim Ferriss, is his idea of mini-retirements.  It does make sense.  The usual Pinoy would have killed themselves slaving away in an office somewhere, Monday to Friday, from 7:30-5:00pm, while dreaming of perhaps languishing somewhere… hammock… cars… all kids well out of college and perhaps settling down… while you relax on a rocking chair at the age of 60 or 70.

Nothing wrong with that.  My father did it. His father never even reached 60.  But why do I want something different?

Well, I do not want to have regrets in my life.  How can you travel to Bangkok or take parachute jumps at the age of 60?  How can you travel to discover the hills of Mexico or the valleys of Sicily when your back and hands are riddle with aches and rheumatism?

Certainly it is possible to have mini retirements as Ferriss has described and proposed in his book.  He is doing it.  Alot of entrepreneurs have followed suit…  If managers of top corporations can take several months off without their businesses and work falling apart while they are having sake in Osaka or swimming on the shores of Bora-Bora, then why can’t I?

Ofcourse one of the concerns and logical question would be, “how about the children?”  Well, I am not proposing 6 months mini retirements here.  I am proposing 2-3 months mini retirements every year.  It does not have to be in Brazil or the Outback.  It could be in another town in the country or in a smaller town in Thailand.

Course, intense preparation and money wrangling is necessary for you to be able to take off without worrying about money and paying the bills.  The point is that when you have mini-retirements, you will feel more excited and rejuvenated.  The book is not just about retirement and the prospect of world tours, this is how you can live the life you deserve.

To read more about Tim Ferriss, visit his site, The 4 Hour Work Week Blog.

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