Side Hustles, GIG Economy and Work / Life Balance

Send us Fan MailWe often bemoan the loss of the Boomer's dream, single family income that pays for a home, vacations and earns a nice retirement pension to enjoy time with grandchildren. Those were wonderful times, but that was only possible with an economic system that supported that life. That ship sailed, those economic models do not exist yet many still try to correlate life in 2025 with the Boomer dream. We live in the GIG economy, where side hustles and regularly moving between salaried positions at a host of companies is the norm. Consistency is not existent and those who succeed embrace the reality they're in, not the one they want.The rise of personal responsibility for retirement, in that it is your duty to fund your golden years, not the government's. If you are in your 20s or 30s and you are not fusing a retirement plan, then you are failing your future self. We discuss work-life balance, that idea that somehow we're supposed to separate these ideas into two distinct parts, as if they are not part of the same pie. In this world, the one here in 2025, you have the ability to do what you love, to swing you legs out of the bed in the morning earning an income with a smile. If you are not doing that, have a look in the mirror and ask why you made that choice. Tough for some to swallow.The economic model of 2025 has brilliant possibilities for everyone, stop looking at your grandparents age and lamenting, understand the world in which you live and thrive.Support the showhttps://preparednesslabs.ca/