I started the Great Cubicle Escape Blog because I wanted to document all my crazy attempts in to trying to start a passive income business. It’s my aim that in the long term one or many of these passive income businesses will allow me to escape the office cubicle. I also hope that by occasionally reading this you’ll see what works, what fails and what’s just plain stupid. In case your wondering what passive income is, I’ve written...

On this journey to escape the cubicle I’ve learnt a few new things about the internet. Despite the millions who aren’t, some people are actually making lots of money through passive income business, some people do buy information products, you do need to computer savvy and while it sounds all very easy to make money on the internet it certainly is not. In my research it’s generally agreed that the best way to initially dabble with...

Last article  working from home – Why It’s Hated Why It’s loved and Why You Should I explored why you should aim to escape the cubicle and work from home as much as possible. In this article I want to explore how you can maximise your work from home time. We all know that the home has the same if not more distractions than work. Especially kids if you have them, stay at home wife or husband if you have one and pets if you...

I’ve long been a big fan of working from home. I just simply find working at my computer in my own surroundings much more enjoyable than the cubicle. It also fits with my cubicle escape mantra. When I work from home I find a few things happen: I gain an extra 3 hours of time. As my commute to work is over an hour, there is an extra 3 hours right back in my pocket. Nice I feel I’ve effectively escaped the cubicle. If only...

Cubicle escape is all about experimenting, testing and finding alternate revenue streams. In the niche marketing world they call this “passive income”. By reading the glossy sales brochures about niche marketing we are led to believe that there are numerous ways to make 7 figure passive incomes in under a year. Sounds too good to be true! And you’d be right. What the marketers are actually saying is that you need to sell an...

It’s official, I now work a four day work week! While there were a few challenges in getting this implemented, I do fully understand that for some, dropping to a four-day workweek is just impossible! Or is it…… Here are some of the likely barriers you’ll encounter and how I was able to counteract them: Barrier: A drop in income is bad. NO ONE wants to actually go backwards in income. This is a preview of How I got a 4 day work week...