Think you can't afford to work any less? That's where you're wrong That's the NUMBER ONE misconception that keep people trapped in the artificial construct and constraints of the five-day, forty-hour workweek. In my book, Is It Wednesday Yet?, you will learn a plan that can have you out of the rat race by this time next year or sooner You do know what the rat race is, right? Well, just in case you don't let me define it for you: The rat race is the daily grind of the nine to five, eight-hours-a-day, five-day workweek. And you can make your escape without having to get lucky Get your life back starting today Imagine, a four-day weekend, every week, for the rest of your working life If your goal is to achieve a better work/life balance and by better what you mean is less work and more life than you have been able to accommodate within the constraints of the daily grind of nine-to-five, then skip to the chase: Work less Look, that was where I was in my life -- all work and no play. My job was intense -- I was a Human Resources executive in the Federal Government and my duties included managing the IT, Logistics, Contracting, and Health and Safety functions of the agency where I worked. Years before, I had read two books that changed my life: Cashing In On the American Dream and Your Money or Your Life . These books changed the direction of my life and the way I thought about money. Before reading those books, I thought money was simply a way to fill up your life with stuff. Stuff you could do without, mostly. After reading those books, I realized that money could be used to buy freedom if you earned it and spent it with that end in mind: Begin with the end in mind In those two books, you learn that the way to escape the rat race is to achieve TOTAL financial independence. What is total financial independence? It is when you have a source or sources of passive income that is sufficient to pay your cost of living for the rest of your life. Passive income is money that you do not need to work for. Money you work for is EARNED income and most of us survive and pay the bills with earned income -- money from our full-time job. I thought that the way to escape the rat race would be to achieve total financial independence. AND IT IS But it is not the best way and it is definitely not the shortest route or is it the answer that is most in keeping with Occam's Razor It took me 12 years to achieve total financial independence. Then it took me another two years to get up the courage to walk away from my $100,000 a year job. Then, one day, I sat my boss down and told her I was leaving About two weeks after I had left I had something of an epiphany: I missed my old job Not all of it, not the daily grind, not the five-day workweek but my friends I had left behind and those aspects of the work that I actually found rewarding, I did actually miss And I was way, way too young to retire, although that was exactly what I was. I didn't need income above what I had coming in; I could have played golf every day (although first I would have had to take it up since I didn't play golf), I could have sat on a rocking chair on my front porch and whittled all day, or I could have lounged around watching TV. I could have but that was not what I wanted -- NO WAY That is when it hit me -- I didn't want to not work at all It was never what I really wanted I only wanted to work less and I wanted the work I did to be meaningful and fulfilling. And I am betting that's what you want too Read the rest of my story, the details of my personal story, and learn how you can live rent-free, save tax-free, and escape the rat race by this time next year or sooner in this exciting book that is a road map to the future you have always dreamed of