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How to Escape

Kim & Kyle: Lawyers No More!

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2 Years ago Kim and Kyle were 2 lawyers. They had graduated with top grades from a top college and were ready to make their way in the world. The entire world was laid out before them. There was one problem; they were miserable. Here’s how they made the change and turned their life around 180 degrees and are now happier than ever.

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Why You Should Go on a Nontraditional Vacation

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When most people think about vacations they envision relaxing, lazing about, and generally baking in the sun until the cubicle comes calling again. Here is my entire argument why you should skip that (at least once) and go do a more active, helpful, nontraditional vacation.

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How to Quit Your Job and Work From Anywhere in the World

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Last Oktoberfest, Joel and I left early for a castle tour in the Alps. My brother, who had been laid off and subsequently started 3 software development companies (yes, 3 !@#$ing companies!) decided to sleep in and hang out around Munich. He had programming to do. Once we returned I met up with him at [...]

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What’s Better than a Free Flight to Europe?

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Two (More) Free Trips to Europe!!!

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Four Hour Work Week Video

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Painless really did me a favor when he lent me this book (even though he still hasn’t read it himself.) While I find Tim’s writing a bit annoying, the lessons are spectacular. Here’s an outline: 1) Elimination via the 80-20 Rule (Pareto’s Law) 2) Cultivate Selective Ignorance 3) Outsource Your Life “Outside the rules of [...]

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Even More Ways I Got Airplane Miles

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Should have told you all about these a while ago. Sorry about that. Mother’s Day Nearly every major carrier offered 20 points for every dollar you spent sending flowers plus an additional couple of thousand for good measure. Website Renewal This is a great example of shit I was going to do anyway. Network Solutions [...]

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Using Your Cubicle Job for Fun and Profit

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Between endlessly pointless meetings and soul-sapping assignments, seeing the downside of the cubicle farm is easy. You want out. You want out now. Understandingly so. But don’t be hasty and leave without taking advantage of everything that is available to you before you jump ship. In the right light, study becomes insight But the system [...]

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How to Get Your US Passport Over Lunch

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This article is a list of steps for US natural born citizens who are looking to make getting their passport for the first time from you local, friendly Cubicle Warrior. Why post a list of steps to make it easier? Because this is the US Federal Government at work. And they are next to freaking [...]

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Earn Thousands of Mileage Points

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When I wrote the How to Earn Free Flights article I mentioned that I started this year with 100,000 USAir Divend Miles and 50,000 Delta Skymiles. Not surprisingly, people want to know how I did it.

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How to Earn Free Flights

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I love to travel. Sometimes I think I work just to support my traveling habit. It occurs to me that if I had a way of subsidizing my travel, I could work less….. and that would lead to more traveling. Brilliant.

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