Steven, 32, is a florist, and by the time he's 45 he wants to have made enough money to hand over the management of the shop to someone else and retire to a cottage on Mallorca. The price... a 90-hour week. Others commute hundreds of miles to get to their workplace. And for millions of people in Germany, one job isn't enough to live on. Stefanie wants to be a singer. To finance this dream, she has no less than five jobs.

This report looks at the people who are seeking to stand on their own feet without state aid, and giving up all their free time in the process.

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