Here’s another great book to give away! Congrats to the last 2 winners Teela and Sarah Oneill who won their own copy of Shoo, Jimmy Choo! (Make sure to email me your addresses, young ladies)
The Other 8 Hours: Maximize Your Free Time to Create New Wealth & Purpose
Here’s what Amazon says about it: “…A large portion of the book is focused on becoming what the author calls a Cre8tor, someone who does not just settle for a paycheck but creates their own financial life. Even readers perfectly at peace with their career and paycheck will find the tips and a companion Web site, featuring downloadable templates for time management and a Goal Achievement Plan, useful catalysts for further professional and personal growth.”
And here’s what Daniel Pink says: “Most of us don’t make great use of our ‘non-work’ hours. This book can help you change that. It’s filled with great advice on how to devote those in-between hours to more enriching, energizing and rewarding pursuits.”
Want it? Drop me a comment with what you WISH you could do in these extra 8 hours every day :) I will announce the winner this weekend – U.S. Only, sorry.
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*GIVEAWAY OVER* The winner is…..Edward @ Entry Level Dilemma – Congrats!
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I WISH I could have time to paint and read and garden. Where are my other 8 hours??
Looking forward to reading The Other 8 Hours
profit in my free time = save. more. money. :$
I would love to learn another language – maybe Arabic?
I WISH I had more time to spend with my wife…life gets way too busy. If I win please contact me via my email provided with this comment.
Oh yeah – D’UH. Totally forgot you’re asked to submit your email via the comment form…now it’ll be MUCH easier to get a hold of you winners! Man I’m slow sometimes…
Hey J!! I totally have been wanting to read this book!!! With those other 8 hours….I would watch more Family Guy!!! I kid I kid….well, maybe one more episode. But I would definitely blog more, see the family more, do more stuff for my church, and work out more!! :) Great giveaway.
Being a full time student takes up a lot more than 8 hours a day between classes, hw and studying. I want something to show from my extra time every day, be it a cleaner desk, some decent writing, or a freshly baked cake! (most of which are not currently happening, sigh)
I love to knit – it’s my happy place. My sister recently purchased sheep (she thinks they’re cute), and all of the fleece comes my way. I’m hoping that I love to hand-spin, and that I can build a business from handspinning. But, I totally have to learn how to do it first… and find the time to do it along with that whole pesky working thing. :)
And THAT is what I want to do with my other 8 hours.
Or be a rock star.
I wish I could start and build up my own PR business by freelancing in the other 8 hours. This would lead to making more money which would result in saving more so clearly beneficial. Thanks.
I WISH I could spend more time furthering my education, time with my children, gardening, reading (for leisure) and also volunteering my time for a few specific causes- but not necessarily in this order :-) Would love to read this book!
Aside from continuing to make my wife the happiest lady in the world ( :) ), I’d love to have more time building my site and reaching other young couples who are looking to rock their marriage!
I think my biggest problem is prioritizing my other 8 hours a day. I find myself desiring to mix pleasure and relaxation with being productive. Most of my time is spent relaxing watching tv or partying the weekend away.
Ideally I would like to pursue training for triathlons and furthering my career by learning more on my own.
I WISH I could spend more time hanging out with my wife and writing! Maybe if I win the books I will finally get a novel written ;).
What I wish I could do? Hmmm…
I *wish* I could spend more time rockin’ my writing and photography, if I had another eight hours to spend it on! :P (Or knew how to scare up the time? haha)
I’ll sleep for 1 more hour, write and develop my blog for 4 hours, meditate and pray for an hour, read books, articles online and on magazines for the last 2 hours. Would really be nice to have those 8 extra hours.
I wish I could spend more time working on my financial coaching business, then using those hours to meet with people and help them improve their financial lives.
Definitely music. I do the money blogging thing but music is my real passion.
I wish I could start running but me knee is all messed up. Other than that I would love to take some classes for fun like photography or ceramics.
i wish i could spend more time with my 2 year old, work on developing a side business, and exercising!
more time to work on my music!
In my other 8 hours, I’d like to start a side hustle that I can turn into a legit business and work for myself. Or go to law school. (or both)
Can I enter another contest? I’m feeling lucky… punk.
Another 8 hours? Well, I would make a go of one of my hobbies for hire. Photography, ebay, general computer fix-it.
I would love to have something to show for that other 8 hours. Whether it was a side job that generated extra income (even $20 a week) or some form of charity work that could end up being something substantial to keep building on.
I’ve got so many projects going on, I’d like to find the time to:
Declutter my house
learn another language
Pick up running again
Write more
In my dream 8 hours I would:
spend 1 hour playing with my dogs and husband at the park
spend 1 hour practicing yoga
spend 1 hour preparing a scrumptious dinner (with a nicely set table and wine)
spend 2 hours sewing
spend 1 hour on the phone catching up with family
spend 1 hour on pleasure reading
spend 1 hour in bed with the husband
perfect 8 hours!
I’ve been reading your blog in a while and it’s been a great support for keeping me on track with my finances (my friends love to spend a lot and it’s really tempting not to).
As for my other 8 hours, I wish I could:
*learn some programming to create better websites/blogs
*work on expanding my graphic design portfolio as well as doing some more digital art (I never seem to have time to do this)
*study for the GRE and take it so I can get on the ball on applying to schools already
This should be minus working out which I already do for about 2 hrs a day. I just can’t seem to find the other 6 hours for the above…
I would spend more time on personal endeavors like launching a non-profit I plan to start with my friend/business partner. Giving service to others is a passion of mine I’d like to pursue.
We would love to become more creative, drawing, painting, and to fit more time to hike with our dogs.
Really, there are another 8 hours? I need someone to prove it. Seems like get off at 5 and bed at 11 so only 6 hours tops! Put an hour of driving and 2 hours of riding I only have 3 left and gotta eat and veg out.
Maybe I really do need to learn where these 8 hours are, might buy it if I can’t win it (as usual).
I just want to stop wasting time watching so much TV so I can make more money!
I would spend more time with my husband just relaxing (ie – not trying to clean the apartment, not trying to do more craft projects, etc).
I would play golf and be on tour by the end of the year. :)
I would be out with my camera.
Love your site. I would also love to read the book.
I’d practice more of my spanish and sleep! Two things I don’t do now :(
I spend too much of my free time worrying about stupid stuff so I would like to just relax and probably get into something creative like writing or photography.
With my other 8 hours (usually less, but I know that’s not the point) I have a large list of things I’d like to do but don’t. In no particular priority:
-Exercise more
-Read more (like The Other 8 Hours? hint hint…)
-Watch TV less
-Work on skills for current job
-Night classes for Master’s (maybe decide what the Master’s will be in first?)
-Brainstorm/work a side hustle that may or may not replace main income
-Think of ideas for my genius invention that will make me a millionaire and millions of others go “why didn’t I think of that?”
-Organize apartment/life
-Write thoughts in journal to organize thoughts (or so that I can sell my autobiography due to the fame of the previously mentioned genius invention)
With my other 8 hours, I’d finish all the stuff I didn’t get done in the other other 8 :-)
With 8 Extra Hours a Day, I would write. And try to get my writing published.
I’d love to use my ‘other 8 hours’ in my workshop woodworking and metalworking. I have a ton of projects that I’d love to take on.
life is too short; spend more time with family and minimalize our lives
Anything but homework I think – probably spend more time with my fiancee or read.
I wish I could spend 1 hour grocery shopping, 2 hours cooking, 2 hours eating and sitting in a food coma, and 3 hours burning off what I ate. And Repeat.
I have a side hustle, go to school, and have a great relationship already. So now I can read the book and add on more craziness to my schedule. Bring on the financial success. Thats what I really want now.
Wow….with the other 8 hours I would love to enjoy the freedom of passive income…..the freedom to enjoy my family more, play more, and just enjoy living and not working….I can almost feel it now!
I wish I could spend the other 8 hours reading, writing, and hanging out with my sweetheart.
More time for Poker! lol actually I would like more time to use my DSLR more and further my skills in photography.
Wow, you guys have some GOOD ideas brewing! I forgot to say what I’d do myself….let’s see here….
1) Spend more time on my side hustles in case 9-5 goes away
2) Spend more time WALKING
3) Spend more time relaxing w/ the Mrs.
4) Spend more time sleeping :) I still suck at this…
I can’t image having the luxury of 8 more hours. But if I did, my first priority would be on writing and improving my blog. Second would be taking care of the house. I let it slide a little sometimes to make sure and spend time with the family.
I would spend more time reading this book!
8 more hours would be amazing. I would spend some of the time relaxing and reading and some of the time volunteering/giving back.
I’d spend the extra time with my baby daughter!
I would spend more time blogging… and reading and exercising and sewing and crafting…. and the list goes on….
I would finally catch up with all those friends that live so close, and yet we never seem to have time to get together!
In an ideal world – spend time outside gardening and working with my critters I’d have and spending time with my sister, niece, and nephew (if they didn’t live so far away) and my husband if he happened to be home.
I would catch up on sleep, organize my house and find ways to make a little extra money.
I want to study to become a Master Gardener. Would also like to learn Hungarian, my great-grandfather’s native language.
I would do some Spring cleaning, I keep putting it off and off! Love to have an extra 8 hours, thanks for a chance!
I would love to have some extra time to do some reading and even some self reflection. Doesn’t seem like we have much time anymore to have a free mind just to think about our day (ok, I know it sounds cheesy, but I do really think that we need time to just reflect on our lives).
I agree Ernest! Even just doing so for 15 mins would feel good :)
Ernest,
There is plenty of time in the day when self-reflection can be done. During your morning (and evening) commute, instead of listening to the radio, think about where you are going with your life and if it’s the direction you want, analyze past mistakes so you can learn from them, etc. You just have to carpe minutam (seize the minute).
I would use that 8 hours to study as much as possible for my ultimate goal of becoming a financial planner. My plan is to focus on those people that are at the verge or at bankruptcy and who want to live beyond that process and come out educated and with a plan to succeed.
*GIVEAWAY OVER**
The winner is…..Edward – Entry Level Dilemma – Congrats bro! Check your email.