Dismantling the Life I Built
This is Chris Elsewhere.
I’m documenting a controlled exit from a 20-year corporate life—calmly, methodically, with receipts. A practical unwind of a life that works on paper.
I’m dismantling the infrastructure of my current life—possessions, routines, commitments, and obligations—to make room for what comes next. The direction is long-term, location-independent work & travel, but the real focus is the part people usually skip: the decisions and trade-offs before the departure.
“Elsewhere” is not just a place on a map. It’s a state of autonomy—a life designed by choice, not default settings.
The goal
In 2027, I’m leaving corporate life and going location-flexible full time.
The objective isn’t escape. It’s autonomy:
low fixed burn
high optionality
decisions made without panic
work chosen, not endured
Why I’m doing this
Because the system I built is functional—and still feels over-allocated.
The cost isn’t theoretical. It shows up in predictable places:
time, energy, attention, and the shrinking set of choices I can make without collateral damage.
So I’m dismantling it deliberately:
one constraint at a time, one number at a time, one reversible step at a time.
What you’ll get here
Field notes: one clear observation at a time
Receipts: runway math, constraints, allocation audits, decision gates
Reversible steps: small moves that keep options open
What you won’t get
motivational posting
vague “just leave” advice
performative frameworks
Start here
Read the pinned post first. Everything else references it.
