Early Retirement Extreme

—doing in 5 years what usually takes 30 years or more

New schedule

Published on May 2nd, 2008

Posted by Jacob in announcements, blogging

If you're new here, this is the one personal finance blog that tells you how to become financially independent in 5 years instead of 30 years or more. You can read my story here and read more about where I am now here. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or use one of the other options in the top right sidebar. Thanks for visiting!

In order to keep the content interesting and novel, I’ll be moving from a 5+1 posts a week to a more or less random schedule. Ahh, the luxury of a noncommercial blog

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fathersez said, in May 2nd, 2008 at 20:36

Well said, Jacob.

As a non commercial blogger, like I am, there is no need to wear ourselves out on this treadmill of a post a day.

We can’t be spouting words of wisdom daily, can we?

DJ said, in May 3rd, 2008 at 10:29

I think blogs can be divided into four groups:

1) the blog that posts daily even if there is nothing to say.

2) the blog that posts daily by reviewing material that is available elsewhere. These can be useful to the reader, but the blogger has to treat it like a full time job.

3) the occasional blog that gives quality rather than quantity.

4) the inactive blog.

I hope you stay in category 3 rather than drifting into category 4.

Jacob said, in May 3rd, 2008 at 11:51

@DJ – I put 5 years of experiences into about 178 posts which took about 5 months. I think at that rate, I should be posting every two weeks from now on although I hope to post more frequently than that.

Rob in Madrid said, in May 4th, 2008 at 07:29

I read part of trents serries “building a better blog” and decided that i didn’t want to be a commercial blogger. With some 3 million blogs on wordpress alone it was going to take a lot of work to get noticed, and well, honestly, I’m the lazy type. My blog is now more of a bland (I skip the racy stuff as on the Internet nothing ever goes away) journal about my thoughts on money and life in general.

My only effort at commercialisation is to keep the posts short (harder than it seems) when I do I come across an interesting post with alot of comments, say 50 or more, I start reading then skip the longer comments as time goes on.

Same with blogs I click through on and as you can see from this comment I’ve got a ways to go

Sarah said, in May 4th, 2008 at 18:06

Jacob,
I’m a new reader of your blog and I wanted to let you know that I’m really enjoying it. This latest post makes me a little sad, but I understand why you may want to space out your posts a little more. I’ve gone through almost all of your archives and they’ve really made me question my consumption habits. I live in Brooklyn, NY, so thankfully I have access to public transportation and get in a lot of walking, but the downside of my environment is that the pressure to consume is everywhere– from boutiques and amazing restaurants to walking by very well-dressed people everywhere I go and being surrounded by ads on the subways. I think it’s easier to get caught up in spending money in the city than it is in some rural areas, such as my small hometown in Massachusetts. The wealth (or at least over-consumption) is everywhere here. I don’t want to work forever (I’m 25 and am quite happy with my job, but I value my free time) and your blog has made me think more about where I spend my money. I like reading your blog rather than just reading books on personal finance because there’s something new here nearly every day and you often include the spiritual side of money in your blogs. I know this is a long post, but I wanted to be sure to let you know that I’m out here reading and taking in your comments. I don’t agree with everything you post, but I almost always come away from your blog with a new way of thinking about things. Thank you for that!
Sarah

Adfecto said, in May 5th, 2008 at 14:14

Huh. I made the same decision myself a few weeks ago. I realized that I was getting run down trying to maintain a posting schedule that was forced and unsustainable. I’m only posting when I feel there is something to offer the readers. Right now it is sparse but I’m not going Category 4 for long.