The Great Cubicle Escape

Society expects conformity. Herd-mentality says success is money. So we work long hours, commute, deal with air pollution, live stressed out, unhealthy lifestyles. We perform hollow tasks on repeat even as our souls shrivel. Thirty individuals questioned this success. They needed meaning, not just a salary. A finance professional now makes mud homes, an HR professional makes a living through her art and photography, an Oxford and IIT educated couple live in a village and homeschool their children, and an ex-Citibanker makes cheese. Vandita Dubey interviewed them and other contrarians. What triggered them to radically change their lives? Was it planned or on impulse? What were the risks and trade-offs? What is their new work and life? Are they happy? Any regrets? In The Great Cubicle Escape , Vandita draws on these interviews, her own journey of moving to a Himalayan village and her training as a psychologist. If, despite the front you put up, something doesn’t feel right and gnaws at you inside, this book might offer some answers.