work Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/work/ Funding the Adventurous Life Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:38:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 work Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/work/ 32 32 150809980 Life Without Money Scarcity Might Just Make You Lazy https://clippingchains.com/2024/06/12/money-scarcity-lazy/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/06/12/money-scarcity-lazy/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=10101 Escaping the grind is wonderful and often needed. But life is long and money scarcity motivates us to do hard things that make life rewarding. Listen to the Podcast Recently, I’ve been increasingly conflicted by several dueling experiences and sensations: What the Wrong Job Looks Like When I worked in the SCOE, I rose around …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/06/12/money-scarcity-lazy/feed/ 4 10101 Facing the Rest of the World with a Nontraditional Lifestyle https://clippingchains.com/2024/01/08/nontraditional-lifestyle/ https://clippingchains.com/2024/01/08/nontraditional-lifestyle/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=9818 When I left my corporate career in early 2020, I didn’t fully understand the ways that I would, in later years, slowly become decoupled and desynchronized from a society that values hustle, status, and self-worth generated to a large degree around our career titles. You’ll read the same thing repeatedly on the internet: Ignore the …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2024/01/08/nontraditional-lifestyle/feed/ 0 9818 Eliza Marsh: We Can Make This Happen https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/08/eliza-marsh-we-can-make-this-happen/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/08/eliza-marsh-we-can-make-this-happen/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:48:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6742 Good morning. My ankle is doing much better. Sorry to alarm some of you with last week’s post. The photo was bad, but I’m fairly certain it’s only a sprain. Much more importantly, this week I want to welcome Eliza Marsh. In this week’s interview, we discuss how Eliza has balanced a career with extended …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/08/eliza-marsh-we-can-make-this-happen/feed/ 0 6742 Keeping Remote Work in a Post-Pandemic World https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/27/keeping-remote-work-in-a-post-pandemic-world/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/07/27/keeping-remote-work-in-a-post-pandemic-world/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5369 The global coronavirus pandemic flipped the world on its head: spreading tentacles of infection led to a stock market collapse and unprecedented unemployment for those not fortunate to have remote work. A thick, dry underbrush of discontent and polarization grew unchecked for months, sparked by a series of lightning strikes, resulting in a raging inferno. …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/25/what-its-really-like-to-not-have-to-work-on-monday/feed/ 3 4790 Lauren Abernathy: Finding the Balance https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/04/lauren-abernathy-finding-the-balance/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/04/lauren-abernathy-finding-the-balance/#respond Mon, 04 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4593 This week I am pleased to bring you an interview with the industrious and energetic Lauren Abernathy. Lauren is a 25-year old professional, fully-obsessed climber, writer, and lover of adventure. And she's a boss of her money.

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/05/04/lauren-abernathy-finding-the-balance/feed/ 0 4593 The Fallacy of Happiness and Meaningful Work https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/20/the-fallacy-of-happiness-and-meaningful-work/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/20/the-fallacy-of-happiness-and-meaningful-work/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=4497 We all want to live the best life. Today we examine the paradox of how attempting to do just that can result in less happiness after all. For all of us that dream of the greener grass on the other side⏤a full-freedom lifestyle or a better job⏤why do so few find a life of contentment …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/04/20/the-fallacy-of-happiness-and-meaningful-work/feed/ 2 4497 Mike Doyle: A Remote-Controlled Climbing Life https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/03/mike-doyle-a-remote-controlled-climbing-life/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/03/mike-doyle-a-remote-controlled-climbing-life/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3826 Raise your hand if you want to climb more but work seems to always take up so much time? This notion of balancing work and life is essentially the essence of what we do on this site, and there’s nobody better to discuss this intricate balance than elite-level climber and software engineer Mike Doyle. Mike …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/02/03/mike-doyle-a-remote-controlled-climbing-life/feed/ 0 3826 The Astonishing Cost of Unused Vacation https://clippingchains.com/2020/01/13/the-astonishing-cost-of-unused-vacation/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/01/13/the-astonishing-cost-of-unused-vacation/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=3672 Hey you guys, it’s 2020, a new year! One of my favorite (past) pastimes is to begin each year with a plan for using all of my vacation. Studies, however, reveal that Americans are rarely capitalizing on the full gift of paid time to not work, and it’s costing us all big-time. The rippling effects …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/01/13/the-astonishing-cost-of-unused-vacation/feed/ 2 3672 Chasing Your Dreams is Probably a Bad Idea https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/16/chasing-your-dreams-is-probably-a-bad-idea/ https://clippingchains.com/2019/09/16/chasing-your-dreams-is-probably-a-bad-idea/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:00:56 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=2835 When it comes to jobs and careers, parents the world over tell their children more-or-less the same message: you can do anything you want in life. Follow your dreams, and the rest will work out in the end. Of course, those same parents leave early each morning to go to a job that — as …

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