About

If you want to be remarkable and not average, you’re in the right place.

If you want to live and work the way you want, you’re in the right place.

If you are asking yourself “What excites me every day?”, you’re in the right place.

If you rebel against what a typical life is suppose to be, you’re in the right place.

If you want to open yourself to a new life that you deserve, you’re also in the right place.

Sound like you?

What Other People Say About Get Busy Living

Benny Hsu is a blogger on the rise…pay attention to him.  - Srini Rao co-founder of Blogcast FM

This is what Adrienne Smith had to say about me in a post…

Benny always welcomes new visitors to his blog  and over there he writes about living.  Did the title of his blog give that away!  LOL!!!  But seriously, he’s learned a lot over his young life too about how important it is to live your life to the fullest and enjoy what we have today.  He recently created a Gratitude Fan Page so we could all go on this journey together and start making that a daily habit.  I know it has worked wonders for me.  We would love to have you join us if you’re interested.   Be sure to head over and say Hi if you haven’t met him already.  You’ll love the feeling you get once you’ve read a few of his posts.

Who Am I?

Waiting to eat famous suckling pig in Ubud, Bali

My name is Benny Hsu, pronounced “shoe”. People always spell it wrong. I’m used to it. I’m 34 and live in Jacksonville, FL.

I’m tired of listening to people say “get a real job”. Just cause a job is 5 days a week, 8-10 hour days doesn’t mean it’s real job.

Isn’t life about being the person you want to be and living the life you want? So why does one’s job or career make us so miserable?

It’s about not living the “textbook” life we’re suppose to be living. Life isn’t linear either.

It’s about pursuing your passions and having financial freedom to be your own boss in life.

Creating a life where having a life is important. What’s the typical path for someone coming out of college? To work very hard for 40+ years, while saving up money so when they are 65+ years old they can finally retire.

Forget that!

I want to enjoy life when I’m still young. I don’t want to wait till I’m older to be able to enjoy it.

There’s still money that still needs to be made. I’m not looking for a job (which sounds terrible) or a career (which sounds so permanent), I’m looking for ways to generate revenue streams with projects I am excited to work on.

If you’re still with me, please feel free to follow along via RSS updates. You can also follow me on Twitter, Facebook, or contact me. I love to converse and meet like-minded people.

What’s with the Blog Title?

The name of my blog comes from the classic movie “Shawshank Redemption”. If you have never seen it, stop reading right now and go rent it. If you’ve seen it more times than you can remember like myself, you will remember that famous line delivered by Andy Dufrene. No matter how horrible it was in Shawshank, Andy still had a vision and dream. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he got busy and started digging.

To me it means taking control of our lives, instead of waiting for something to happen.