An interesting article talks about a new breed called "alterpreneur".

"Unlike entrepreneurs, who are inspired by the challenge of making money from their ideas, alterpreneurs are choosing to create the lifestyle they choose, working to live, not living to work. 

The alterpreneur values time with family and friends above a high-earning lifestyle and often starts a home business in order to improve their lifestyle and to be able to spend more time at home."

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Working to live would mean doing the things we like, but it may not necessarily mean that we are able to spend more time at home- unless what we like to do is home-based business.

Perhaps the alterpreneur is simply another word for home-based business owners. It has nothing to do with "improving lifestyle" generally because that is a broader term. And doing a home-based business does not always mean an "improved lifestyle" if cashflow is not managed correctly. There will be more stressful moments at home when you should be feeling comfortable. Its great to work at home if the cashflow and business runs well, but it also turns your comfortable home into the same battlefield you see at the office when things are not going your way. Good and bad.

Sometimes the only way to improve lifestyle to suit your needs, is to make more money faster. That is the only thing that matters, while where and how your do it, and who you are called, will not matter or make any difference to your lifestyle unless the cashflow is just right for it.