I decided to earn an income online when I had a very stressful job. I was unhappy... not just in my job but also I constantly felt I had 'no time' for what I wanted to do.
There were never enough days in a month for me, not only to go on travels or start a hobby. I had very little time even to relax with my family, visit my mother or socialise with my friends.
I was not afraid of hard work but I had no spare energy or time.
So I was questioning,
"am I going to work like this for the rest of my life, feeling trapped in a job with a limited number of vacation days?"
I was wondering to myself...
"is there another way to earn a living?"
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Everything has changed for me since I discovered a way to earn an income without sacrificing my health or mental inner peace.

I was interviewed by a Japanese weekly newspaper based in London, Weekly Journey about my work and how I scrapped the 9-5 way of working.
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Being in the community of like-minded people definitely contributed to keeping the promise to myself 'I want to change my life for the better'.

My mentors have helped me to realise that there is 'really' a way to work which does not involve commuting, stuck in traffic each day, putting up with nasty bosses and being tied to a set of working hours.
I have managed to create time,
so I wrote a book!
I think...what everyone desire is not about being rich, but it is about the FREEDOM that you experience when you generate an income 'efficiently'.

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