Downshifting

CHAPTER 10

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YOUR HAPPINESS IS UP TO YOU

I made a living, but I never really lived.

(THE SINGLE MOST COMMON REGRET OF THE TERMINALLY ILL, ACCORDING TO ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS¹)

THERE’S MORE TO LIFE THAN WORK

Even though we have now come to the end of our journey together, a new, potentially exciting, one is beginning for you. In the preceding chapters we have shown you how to be less controlled by work so that you can find more time for yourself and your loved ones. I hope you have gained the necessary confidence to take further steps toward working less and enjoying life more. From here on, it’s up to you.

If you are saying to yourself, “One of these days I’m going to do something about the way my job controls my life,” realize that such ...