Un-Jobbing gives you the ideas, information, and inspiration to free yourself from a life of merely earning a paycheck, in order to reclaim a liberated life in complete alignment with your personal values. Contained herein are real tools to achieve a life of what you really want to do -- and still make ends meet.

Author Michael Fogler, 43, calls himself a "semi-retired stay-at-home-Dad, freelance musician, writer, and peace activist." He frequently speaks about and leads workshops on voluntary simplicity in his region.

Un-Jobbing: The Adult Liberation Handbook is a book which deeply questions the domination of employment and money-procurement in our lives. Our society and the "success" of individuals is based on gross sales and production, along with spending and consuming. So many of us have jobs which barely interest us, which do not make good use of our talents, and which may be questionable concerning their environmental responsibility. In addition, it seems that we are in a trap which sentences us to spend the bulk of our waking hours and able-bodied years with such jobs.

There are alternatives to this "trap;" and, they are available to just about everyone. Author Michael Fogler begins by telling his story -- a story which has taken him from feeling like a victim of "making a living" to a freer, more harmonious and joyful lifestyle of un-jobbing. Un-jobbing involves re-prioritizing one's life and deeply examining the society-pressured "need" to "make a living." The book gives clear, insightful explanations about better understanding economics, money, and materialism, about focusing activities on returning your gifts to the community, about orienting your life around cooperation rather than competition, and about living more lightly on the planet. Among the topics covered are: taxes, insurance, a proven program for conscious personal financial organization, ideas for joyfully reducing expenses, and more. The book is well-organized, succinct, and highly useful. Included is an Appendix of helpful organizations, periodicals, and books for the person on the path of un-jobbing.