One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. How was a journalist and she used to work for an international bank. They would commute every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with nanny. Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home unit eight or nine o’clock , and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.