Tim Quit His Job: Recent Episodes
Timothy Spinks
Join Tim on his adventures into the unknown as he quits his job, starts a business, and tries to live life on his own terms. Featuring all the highs, lows and life lessons along the way.
You can go it alone, but you can't go all the way. Having now reached another wall, it is time to make some big changes.
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Freedom is a double-edged sword. A cruel mistress who takes just as much as she gives. Be careful what you sacrifice in its pursuit.
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Oh dear, it happened again. In this episode, I come to the painful realisation that my current line of self-employment won't enable me to reach bigger goals I have set for myself. It's time for a change, but what do I do now?
This is Episode 1 of Season 4. I've started a new season as I feel that my change of direction warrants a degree of separation from previous episodes. Expect the next few episodes to follow the themes and topics laid out in this one.
Can you increase your luck? I've looked far and wide for answers, but it wasn't until I recently found myself on the end of some amazing good fortune - that I realised I had found the right one.
In the age of productivity, laziness is seen as a mortal sin. But it's not all bad. We all know people who appear busy, yet still get very little accomplished. Seeking an easier route around any problem may seem lazy to some, but if you also have the discipline to put in the required effort, you can get more done, and look good whilst doing it.
“It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.” - Jospeph Conrad, Heart of Darkness.
As my income grows to the point where I no longer have to worry about financial ruin, I encounter an altogether darker and more existential challenge.
When survival is your only goal, it's easy to orient yourself and find motivation. When survival becomes easy, finding meaning becomes hard.
Having cleared the breakwater, I am confronted by an open ocean with no signposts. It's enough to make me wish I was back on the shore.
But this is the dream I chose to pursue, and I must stay loyal to it in the face of the nightmares it brings.
How did the modern world became dominated by the same rules that govern professional wrestling? And what are the consequences?
How can we make sense of the crazy world we live in? By looking at the even crazier world of Professional Wrestling.
Why are so many people getting roped into pyramid schemes? What methods do they use to trap people? And why are women more likely to fall victim?
The truth about how the UK University system is ripping off students and spiralling out of control.
In an age where we need to market ourselves, I attempt to find out where the line between self-promotion and vanity lies.
Perhaps it's just made this flaw more obvious, and we can no longer hide from the truth.
Somehow, during the darkest days of my new business - the coronavirus lockdown - my greatest achievement to date has been realised.
How Covid-19 is affecting my business, and how I am learning to deal with the impact it is having on my life.
I talk to one of my best friends about how his difficult upbringing shapes his outlook.
What can you learn from someone who spent over 20 years stuck in the world's largest refugee camp? A lot.
How starting a business turned the tide in my lifelong battles with dishonesty and jealousy.
How I became stuck in a job and a lifestyle that stopped me from experiencing life, and how I got out.
4 months ago I quit my job, started a business and ventured out into the world. Join me on my adventures into the unknown.