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Re-equilibrate - evolved living

YOUR WORK has taken over your life, you are suffering from stress and sick of running to stay in the same place. Solution? Exchange cash for qualitative time. If you feel bored, frustrated and trapped in your job, you are a likely candidate for not just a job change but a 'downshift'. This trend started from the US, where it is practised by ten per cent of the working population, is arriving in other countries . A better word for downshifting would be reequilibrating, suggests Judy Jones, co-author of Getting A Life.



To have a  Happier, Simpler Living, leading to a simpler life - 

Trade  part of your income for more time is about redefining yourself and your idea of success. 

But how do you achieve one aspect of the downshift's dream - financial independence? First, try living on less money.

Do keep some  money to keep the footmill turning. All your have to be paid bills for example .

Make a third of your income to be spent on work-related activities like eating fast foods, taking holidays to get away from it all and having massages to relieve stress. 

Downshifting doesn't necessarily mean changing your job, but taking steps to stop your work taking over your life. 

It can involve flexible working, job sharing, school term-time working, or cutting down to fewer days at work. 

All of these things can lead to a better quantity of live or what you call re- equilibrate .

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  1. Unknown3 June 2014 at 04:10

    I should pass this on to Gazal ...though shes just new to her work...

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