Make Your Own Rules: A New Way to Live, Work and Thrive After 50
7 smart shifts to help you ditch outdated rules and live more fully
I used to think I had to follow the rules to win at life. Then I left the rules — and the country — behind.
Fifteen years on the road will change how you see things.
When you’ve lived in dozens of places, immersed yourself in other cultures, and watched people thrive in ways that don’t fit the Western script, you start to notice just how rigid, and broken, that script really is.
The pressure to work hard, buy property, climb the ladder, retire at 65, is still deeply embedded in how so many people live. But from where I’m standing, those rules are hurting the very people they were meant to protect.
Economies are shifting. Power structures are being rewritten. Technology is moving so fast most can’t keep up. And the gap between effort and reward is growing by the day.
But I'm one of the lucky ones.
Because I don’t play by society’s rules anymore, I’m not afraid of what’s coming.
I’m free to move, to pivot and to earn from anywhere.
And I genuinely believe tha…
