Why two hotshots ditched six-figure salaries for a life of less
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By Carol Bicak / World-Herald staff writer PUBLISHED MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014
Joshua Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus will sign Everything That Remains at 6 p.m. Monday at the Bookworm, 87th and Pacific Streets.
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What happens when two corporate hotshots with six-figure salaries and all the trapping of success decide to jettison most of what they own and seek out a simpler life?
According to Everything That Remains, they discover happiness and value in their lives having shed not only a lot of stuff, but also debt, stress and other aggravations.
When I was 27, my entire life was different, said Joshua Millburn in a phone interview as he and Ryan Nicodemus made their way from Salt Lake City to Denver for a book signing. I was living the American dream. I had it all.
But he also was working 60 to 80 hours a week and was feeling overwhelmed and depressed. Then, in 2009, Millburn's marriage ended and his mother died within a month.
FULL story at link.