One of the most common things we hear from Walden Effect readers is some form of "We'd love to be full time homesteaders.  But how do you find the time while working a job?"  Our answer is --- why work a job?

Over the last two years, we've made a living by selling our automatic chicken waterer, a simple product that Mark dreamed up and that we build and mail off to customers in about 13 hours a week.  (That's 6.5 hours apiece, in case you're wondering.)  We don't charge an arm and a leg for our waterers and we don't exploit child laborers in China, but we're still able to make a very good living in what amounts to less than two work days per week.

We summed up a series of simple steps that we think anyone can follow to achieve this financial self-sufficiency and published it in the form of an ebook a bit over a year ago.  At that time, we had just barely poked our heads above the poverty line, which I thought was just fine --- it really is quite possible for a couple to live simply on $14,000 and not feel pinched at all.  Unfortunately, I could tell that our ebook readers weren't excited enough by that low income existence to quit their jobs.  So when we streamlined the process and tripled our income while putting in no extra work hours in 2010, I figured I should revamp the ebook and perhaps tempt a few hardy souls to escape the rat race.

Which is all a long way of saying --- the second edition of Microbusiness Independence is now available for immediate download for $2.  You can just click on this Buy Now buttton, or visit our Wetknee Books page to download the first three chapters for free and read more about the ebook.

Please be aware that our ebook is not a get rich quick book.  Instead, it gives you tried and true, up to date information on how to make a comfortable living in just a few hours per week by marketing your invention.  (Don't worry, we'll help you figure out what your invention is too.)  We start with basics and walk you through developing your product, selling it to the world, and living the dream with a modern perspective.  If you're aching to leave your job and are ready to tighten your belt for a few months and pinch pennies while building your own empire, Microbusiness Independence is for you.  I hope you'll download a copy and give it a try.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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