How to Survive without a Salary - Softcover

Long, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1895629020 ISBN 13: 9781895629026

Publisher: Warwick Publishing, 1992

Synopsis

Too many of us trade our happiness and well-being for the reliability of a steady paycheck. We work long hours at jobs we dislike or find unfulfilling so that we can buy a lot of stuff that never really seems to satisfy us. And when that paycheck turns out to be not so reliable, we panic. Unemployment terrifies us. Is there any way out of this dilemma? Charles Long reveals one possibility -- the Conserver Lifestyle. Since its first publication over twenty years ago, this book has helped many find the kind of life they've always dreamed of. If you want to leave the rat race behind, have been forced to leave it behind through unemployment, or simply long to take some time off to travel, study, or spend more time with the Conserver Lifestyle option may be just what you need. Charles Long's book offers a valuable combination of inspiration and practical steps to show how you can survive economically without compromising your values or happiness. What is the Conserver Lifestyle? It is about rethinking our consumerist approach to the world and focussing on what we really value in life. Long shows you how to reduce your cash needs to a level you can easily meet with casual income. This is not a dreary tome on budgetting, however -- Long draws on his own family's decade of experience living the Conserver Lifestyle for amusing anecdotes that confirm conserving as a joyful and liberating way to live. The key to security is not in trying to earn even more, but in learning to spend less. The fewer our material needs, the easier they are to satisfy. . . . Security doesn't come from having more but from needing less. -- from the Preface

About this title

From the Publisher

Learning How to Get By on Less, and Making Do with What You
"Long delivers his advice with a smirk -- he doesn't have to preach, we can see how much fun he's having... -- The Globe & Mail

"Long's helpful hints are in greater demand..." -- Maclean's magazine

As a Conserver you will learn how to:

· Avoid consumer traps

· Budget effectively

· Analyze your true needs

· Make a casual income

· Utilize a second-hand buying and auctions

· Find alternatives to buying

· Save taxes on insurance

Charles Long is a journalist and writer. He has written many articles on alternative lifestyles. The subject of this book was developed from a course he teaches at an urban college on surviving without a salary. Mr. Long practices the Conserver Lifestyle, and all of the philosophy and economic theory were derived from actually living without a salary.

Synopsis

Tells how to make a budget, discusses casual income, the second-hand market, auction buying, and taxes, and explains how to minimize one's financial needs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Warwick Publishing
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1895629020
• ISBN 13: 9781895629026
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232