Comments on: Adrift at Sea http://www.penny-saved.com/2008/02/15/adrift-at-sea/ Personal Finance and Wealth by the Penny Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:08:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Monevator http://www.penny-saved.com/2008/02/15/adrift-at-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-13962 Monevator Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:09:33 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2008/02/15/adrift-at-sea/#comment-13962 Have you read Tim Ferris' book "The Four Hour Work Week"? It's basically a book about redesigning your life to get passive income and then roam the world an eternal frat boy. I think in places it's brilliant, and in other places (such as the crucial bits about making a product to fund these travels) very lightweight. However I mention it because of the early chapters on what he calls "Dreamlining". It's a way of brainstorming down things you'd want to have/do/own, and then setting specific deadlines by which you'd like to achieve them. These then become the motivation for your earning/saving. It's not really a book about saving, but that section could be interesting to you. You're already used to setting deadlines for your money -- you may find setting them for your dreams helps give you the focus you lack. Have you read Tim Ferris’ book “The Four Hour Work Week”? It’s basically a book about redesigning your life to get passive income and then roam the world an eternal frat boy. I think in places it’s brilliant, and in other places (such as the crucial bits about making a product to fund these travels) very lightweight.

However I mention it because of the early chapters on what he calls “Dreamlining”. It’s a way of brainstorming down things you’d want to have/do/own, and then setting specific deadlines by which you’d like to achieve them. These then become the motivation for your earning/saving.

It’s not really a book about saving, but that section could be interesting to you. You’re already used to setting deadlines for your money — you may find setting them for your dreams helps give you the focus you lack.

]]> By: Examining My Tactics | A Penny Saved http://www.penny-saved.com/2008/02/15/adrift-at-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-13865 Examining My Tactics | A Penny Saved Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:58:03 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2008/02/15/adrift-at-sea/#comment-13865 [...] sorry for the vague post earlier this week… just dealing with the normal “oh hai I’m an adult now [...] [...] sorry for the vague post earlier this week… just dealing with the normal “oh hai I’m an adult now [...]

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