You are my idol. That is the truth, when I grow up, I hope to be like you. I don’t know about this thermostat business though. I like to put the heat on full blast because my childhood was very deprived and my parents wouldn’t put the heat on high enough even though it was literally freezing outside. Gobs and gobs of hot air blowing from the furnace is my guilty splurge in life. Or at least a bucket full of hot coals.

Yeah, but there is also the fact that life ends with no previous advise, so, the key is to find whatever makes you happy….AND DOING IT, not worring or wondering what others will say or think about, but just enjoying the life itself, why spending the life dreamming about how our “sacrifice” will let us archive our goals eventually? if your know what you want, if that is clear there shouldn’t be nothing more but that, without fears or doubts beacuase we can see the path we’re walking, and the path it self will be the price.

Well thats my point of view, it have worked for me; obviously I have had hard times like everybody else, but when you are making your dreams true instead of dreaming, those hard times are also part of the dream; Find what makes you happy and the way to join that on your working life as it is already present on your personal life, because the true is that at the end, working YOU a personal YOU were just YOU, what makes YOU HAPPY works for both sides.

Well, like I said it’s my oppinion, works for me, and I understand that everyone is different and what works for me not necessarily works for others…and viceversa, but hope works for someone else.

“Don’t drink milk and cut down on the meat. Eat more vegetables, fruit and beans. Eat oatmeal instead of sugary cereals.”

Following this advice will result in suboptimal health and shorten your life. Better to eat lots of free-range chicken, eggs, fish, grass-fed meat, & green leafy veggies, and eliminate all gluten grains from your diet. Yes, oatmeal is not as bad for you as sugary cereals, but that does not make it healthy. Most of what passes for research in nutrition would not earn a passing grade in a rigorous college-level science course. There are *no* studies comparing oatmeal to a grain-free diet, and there probably won’t be as long as the USDA or the Quaker company dominates the funding of nutritional ‘research’.

“Wear Sunscreen”

Yet another way to shorten your life and *increase* your risk of cancer (including skin cancer). For optimum health, you should get your optimum dose of vitamin D via exposure of 60% of your body to noonday sun for 10-15 minutes per day (less to start out, more if you live far from the equator). Failing that, take vitamin D supplements.

These articles are awesome, though I have to agree with Frugal Bachelor on the thermostat thing. What is the point of having lots of money so I can be financially free if I’m not even comfortable in my own house. I save by turning it down when I’m not home, but I want to be comfortable when I’m there.

@TXCHL:

Following this advice will result in suboptimal health and shorten your life. Better to eat a variety of colors of vegetables and plenty of fruits and eliminate all meat and dairy from your diet. Yes, meat and dairy are not as bad for you as sugary cereals, but that does not make them healthy. Most of what passes for research in nutrition would not earn a passing grade in a rigorous college-level science course. There are *no* studies comparing dairy to a dairy-free diet or meat to a meet-free diet, and there probably won’t be as long as the USDA or the meat packing companies dominates the funding of nutritional ‘research’.

Look I can make the facts say what I want as well!

Yes, AJ, TXCHLInstructor has likely no strong evidence to back his position, either.

The point is: nutrition, as a science, is a mess. I believe it will get better as time goes by, but it will be a while before we have very good *mechanistic* accounts of various foods on our health. Plus, we may find that certain genotypes require different nutritional profiles; that is, some people do better on different diets.

What is indisputable, though, is I LOVE OATMEAL.

these are very sensible advices. you are certainly a pioneer when it comes to extreme early retirement.

“You have the upper hand now. Feel free to quit your job if you don’t like it knowing that you will not run out of money for at least a decade or maybe even the rest of your life.”

i just emailed this to myself as although i can go easily 20 yrs without a job on my current level of spending, i still think like an employee that coudlnt make it a month without a paycheck.

I greatly enjoy your website. It’s very refreshing to find others similar to myself concerning personal finance and consumerism. You’re an excellent writer and I look forward to your future posts!

I would still have a shopping list even if I am buying stuff on sale. I usually forget what I have to buy so a list is always handy.