About this Project

About The Life I Want

These are stories about a better future of work. The future of work is not about robots and automation: It’s about changing our relationship with work, as individuals and as a society, so more people can live happier, more fulfilled lives.

This project features stories of people redefining the role of work in their lives; organizations that are radically rethinking work; and communities that are supporting people to live better lives outside of work. By exploring what they are doing and why, what’s working and what’s not, these stories paint a picture of a better future.

The aim of this project is to inspire you to rethink work—to make work work for your life, your community, and the world.

About the Author

Eva Dienel is a freelance writer, editor, and communications consultant with 25 years of experience telling stories that matter—stories with an environmental, social, or human focus that engage people in making the world a better place. She has been a magazine journalist, book editor, and nonprofit communications leader. Today, she works with clients who are global leaders in sustainability.

Eva created The Life I Want project in 2015 when she started working for herself and noticed the changing nature of the workforce. She believes in a future of work where people have the time and space to be more deeply engaged in their home life and communities. In this future, more people are leading the lives they want, creatively building their work around what they really want to achieve in life, in work, or in the world.

Eva grew up in Oregon and now lives with her family on a vineyard in Australia, where her husband, Adam, makes wine; their twins, Madeleine and Jackson, take adventures in the bush; and their dogs, Daisy and Tess, chase mobs of kangaroos.