Watching the Rat Race: Making a Living Without Living in a Box - Literally.

Somewhere along our consumerist path, modern culture hatched a thought regarding the definition of success. From the egg laid post-WWII, a fledgling idea of one 40 hr workweek road to success was born. The fledgling was nurtured, fed the choicest tidbits in the 80s at adolescence, and left the nest a fully feathered paradigm not long after. Staring over your shoulder, it roosts in a grey cloth box and whispers that this, this is success. I disagree. I believe in life outside the cubicle. And I'm getting my eyes pecked out over it.

To those brave enough to ruffle society's feathers, I offer up freely something I wish I had been equipped with at the beginning of my journey - an atlas.
Here you will find alternates to status quo success - ways to make a living, ways to live, skills to explore, free resources, ideas to try, and what works, what doesn't, what is overlooked, and what is pure snake oil scam. I give only one caveat - my research spans the spectrum. Some sources are lazy-easy to bring in an extra bit of holiday shopping money. Others require real work and dedication. Everyone starts these endeavors differently; different situations, abilities, needs. Like an actual atlas, I can only show the maps. Even when a person plots their route, they still have to drive the roadtrip. I keep an open-inbox policy; feel free to e-mail me at any point for questions, clarifications of content, or with new resources to add. I am always up for a good rant session as well. It's a frustrating world.

Full credit given to anything shared, provided it's a REAL resource - no spam people, please. I'm trying to do something good here. If anyone notices anything amiss with any site or source, please let me know ASAP so I can take proper action.