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Life swap: The essential guide to downshifting
Fed up with your current life? Spending too much and enjoying too little? Trapped in a stressful cycle of work, commitments and being ‘busy’?
Life Swap shows you that there is an alternative – and if you care enough it is achievable. We show you others who have done it, some who want to and many who now have new lives and would never look back.
A life change as big as this will never be as simple as ABC. So we give you the full low-down on the emotional and financial traps, the psychology for success, the money issues, work/life balance and the trick to changing your habits and expectations.
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Green Essentials books are practical guides to modern living. Whether you want to improve the quality of your life, enjoy your hobbies without damaging the environment, look after your health or reduce your impact on the environment, we aim to produce a guide that will help you achieve your aims.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found that this book gave a very balanced perspective on "life swapping". It made me examine the reasons behind my desire to change my lifestyle, as well as presenting the alternatives that are out there. It also avoids telling you what to do by making you really look carefully at what is important to you. It certainly got me thinking about a life swap, then planning one, and soon I will be swapping!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Good about the book: if you really do the exercises (no matter how stupid they seem at start) you'll learn a lot of yourself and your motivations and possibilities to do the swift. Personally, I realised that I'm actually quite satisfied with my life as it is.
Bad about the book: the book basically tells about the life swap from the perspective of successful businessperson. The book doesn't give much hope to people who do not have their apartment or car or other property at the moment. The book is written on expectation that the only one who wants to do the swap is someone a bit older person who has already gathered money and property and the main risk of the swap is just selling the old life away. However, if you happen to be a single-mom with three kids struggling with low-paid job, don't even dream of better days! You just don't have the money for it!
On the other hand, the book is simply realistic. Moving to country side IS more expensive than people think and no matter how idealistic plans you have, they're not going to come true without good financial plan. So the most important guideline from this book is: suffer and make money and when you've finally got enough (and lost your health and soul in the process) you're free to make the swap.
Bad about the book: the book basically tells about the life swap from the perspective of successful businessperson. The book doesn't give much hope to people who do not have their apartment or car or other property at the moment. The book is written on expectation that the only one who wants to do the swap is someone a bit older person who has already gathered money and property and the main risk of the swap is just selling the old life away. However, if you happen to be a single-mom with three kids struggling with low-paid job, don't even dream of better days! You just don't have the money for it!
On the other hand, the book is simply realistic. Moving to country side IS more expensive than people think and no matter how idealistic plans you have, they're not going to come true without good financial plan. So the most important guideline from this book is: suffer and make money and when you've finally got enough (and lost your health and soul in the process) you're free to make the swap.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book when I decided to quit my London job and move out to the country and set up my own small catering firm. It had always been my dream to move away and retire out of the city, but this book gave me the information which allowed me to realise this. The balance of personal testimony and general advice also made this fairly short book very readable.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Don't bother unless this is the first time you've ever thought of...
This book is split into chapters
1. Do you really want to change your life?
2. Why do you want to change your life
3. Read more
1. Do you really want to change your life?
2. Why do you want to change your life
3. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Hannahlou
A good place to start
Thinking about a significant change in life-style can be intimidating. It is, after all, a big step and once the boats are on fire there is nowhere to go but forward. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by Mike Dale
Too general...
This book contains no more information than you might find in an average magazine article. No in depth advice or inspiring examples here... Read more
Published on 6 July 2009 by Ms. A. V. Forster
Shifted
Work had taken my health and my happiness. Trapped as much by a feeling that I 'ought' to work full time as by the need for an income, I didn't know how to escape the grind. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2006 by J. L. Wilkinson
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