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HOW TO ESCAPE
THE CITY
WHY
ARE
YOU
HERE?
who
we are at
our core
who
we are at
our core
VALUES(GIVE US MEANING)
DREAMS(GIVE US HOPE)
GOALS(GIVE US MOMENTUM)
RELATIONSHIPS(GIVE US CONNECTION)
who
we are
paid to be
in our jobs
who
we are
paid to be
in our jobs
SHOW UP
BOSS‟S GOALS
COMPANY
OBJECTIVES
who
we are at
our core
who
we are
paid to be
in our jobs
who
we are at
our core
who
we are
paid to be
in our jobs
“WHAT‟S THE POINT?”
BORED
LETHARGIC
FRUSTRATED
"The opposite of depression
is not happiness, but vitality,
and it was vitality that seemed to seep
away from me in that moment.”
- Andrew Solomon
who
we are at
our core
VALUES(GIVE US MEANING)
DREAMS(GIVE US HOPE)
GOALS(GIVE US MOMENTUM)
RELATIONSHIPS(GIVE US CONNECTION)
YOU
ARE
NOT
CRAZY.
YOU
ARE
NOT
ALONE.
YOU
ARE
IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.
HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR
PASSION, AND WHERE DO YOU
START?
YOU WANT TO QUIT, BUT HOW WILL YOU LIVE?
WHO‟S STOPPING YOU?
HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR
PASSION, AND WHERE DO YOU
START?
FOCUS ON
COMPETENCE
1. Competence comes from interest.
2. Mastery takes time.
3. Values evolve.
The bookstore exercise
FIND YOUR
HEROES
1. Who makes you jealous?
2. Who are you in your parallel life?
3. Acknowledge your invisible army.
COMPETENCE +
VALUES =
PASSION
“To know what a good decision looks like, we first need
to determine the criteria for what constitutes a good
decision.”
- Rob Archer
Exploration
Discipline
Freedom
Security
Prestige
Flexibility
Excellence
Teamwork
Collaboration
Transparency
Authenticity
Autonomy
Creativity
Independence
Self-expression
Harmony
Democracy
CRAFT
EXPERIMENTS
“Stop trying to find your one true self.”
“Question, then act.”
“Look for small wins rather than untested leaps.”
“Build a new network.”
1. Let go of the customer mindset.
2. Brainstorm what you might like to supply.
3. Test demand.
4. Reach out to people at appealing companies.
5. Get to know them without any expectation
YOU WANT TO QUIT, BUT HOW WILL YOU LIVE?
“To state the obvious, personal finance is personal. Just
as you shouldn‟t let anyone else determine your goals
and values, you should also seek to maintain control over
your own financial priorities. More than almost any other
aspect of identity, if you don‟t have clarity of purpose over
how you view the role of money in your life, you‟ll likely
end up going along with what other people do.”
- Chris Guillebeau – The Art of Non-Conformity
CONDUCT A
PERSONAL
FINANCE AUDIT
INCOME (REVENUE)
EXPENSES (COSTS)
INVESTMENTS (ASSETS)
DEBT (LIABILITIES)
CRUNCH THE
NUMBERS
BEHIND YOUR
ESCAPE
A. THE MINIMUM YOU CAN LIVE ON PER MONTH
(DURING YOUR ESCAPE)
B. HOW MANY MONTHS YOU THINK YOU‟LL NEED
TO LIVE ON IT FOR (THE HIT)
C. YOUR IDEAL RECURRING INCOME AFTER THE
TRANSITION (POST-ESCAPE)
D. YOUR TOTAL ESCAPE FUND (YOUR PRE-
ESCAPE SAVINGS)
A. THE MINIMUM YOU CAN LIVE ON PER MONTH
(DURING YOUR ESCAPE)
B. HOW MANY MONTHS YOU THINK YOU‟LL NEED
TO LIVE ON IT FOR (THE HIT)
C. YOUR IDEAL RECURRING INCOME AFTER THE
TRANSITION (POST-ESCAPE)
D. YOUR TOTAL ESCAPE FUND (YOUR PRE-
ESCAPE SAVINGS)
A. THE MINIMUM YOU CAN LIVE ON PER MONTH
(DURING YOUR ESCAPE)
X
B. HOW MANY MONTHS YOU THINK YOU‟LL NEED
TO LIVE ON IT FOR (THE HIT)
{INFLATE BY AT LEAST 25% AS INSURANCE}
C. YOUR IDEAL RECURRING INCOME AFTER THE
TRANSITION (POST-ESCAPE)
D. YOUR TOTAL ESCAPE FUND (YOUR PRE-
ESCAPE SAVINGS)
SEE YOUR
ESCAPE AS A
STARTUP
1. KEEP YOUR COSTS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE
WHILST YOU‟RE FINDING THE WAY THAT WORKS.
2. GET SOMEONE TO PAY YOU FOR SOMETHING
(ANYTHING) WHILE YOU FIGURE THINGS OUT.
3. KNOW WHAT YOUR MONTHLY BURN-RATE IS
(THEREFORE KNOW HOW MANY “MONTHS-TILL-
DEATH” YOU HAVE).
4. PLACE SMALL BETS AND TEST TOWARDS THE
WAY THAT WORKS (RATHER THAN GUESSING OR
PLANNING YOUR WAY THROUGH UNCERTAINTY).
MINIIMISE
COSTS &
SAVE
INTELLIGENTLY
1. BUDGET
2. STRIP BACK
3. GIVE YOURSELF A DAY OFF
4. AVOID BRANDS
5. HUNT FOR DISCOUNTS
6. AVOID PUBLIC TRANSPORT
7. AVOID TAKING CASH OUT
8. MAKE YOUR OWN LUNCH
9. SAVE UP FOR NIGHTS OUT
10. DEAL WITH RENT
11. MOVE ABROAD
“PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO SAVE NEVER SEEMED
TO WORK OUT AS I COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT AN
EASY WAY TO TRACK HOW MUCH MONEY I HAD AT
ANY GIVEN POINT IN THE MONTH (GIVEN DIRECT
DEBITS). HOWEVER, I KNEW I NEEDED TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN. THE ANSWER, I FOUND, WAS TO
HAVE THREE ACCOUNTS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE.”
- DOM JACKMAN, ESC CO-FOUNDER, OCT 2009
ACCOUNT A: FIXED COSTS
ACCOUNT B: MONTHLY BUDGET
ACCOUNT C: WHERE THE REST OF YOUR SALARY
GOES
EARN
CREATIVELY
PART-TIME WORK:
Strikingly
Odesk
Elance
Crowdspring
RENT STUFF OUT:
Airbnb
SELL STUFF:
Ebay
WHO‟S STOPPING YOU?
THE OTHER
VOICES
“You are never alone in the room whenever you are
making a big decision.”
- Timothy Butler, Getting Unstuck
1. Who are the other voices in the room with you?
2. What are they saying?
3. What would your best self say back to them?
MALADAPTIVE
SCHEMAS
“Schemas are belief systems we have built about the
world.”
- Reinventing Your Life
1. Approval-seeking: “Excessive emphasis on gaining approval,
recognition, or attention from other people, or fitting in, at the
expense of developing a secure and true sense of self.”
2. Unrelenting standards: “The underlying belief that one must
strive to meet very high internalized standards of behavior and
performance, usually to avoid criticism. Typically results in
feelings of pressure or difficulty slowing down; and in
hypercriticalness toward oneself and others.”
3. Punitiveness: “The belief that people should be harshly
punished for making mistakes”
[JEFFREY YOUNG, PHD – „REINVENTING YOUR LIFE‟]
HANK
TOOLS
1. Do a digital detoxor microadventure
(http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/category/microadve
nture/)
2. Date yourself: make time to read
3. Get a coach: Charly Cox, Phil Bolton
REVIEW
HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR
PASSION, AND WHERE DO YOU
START?
YOU WANT TO QUIT, BUT HOW WILL YOU LIVE?
WHO‟S STOPPING YOU?