Early Retirement Extreme

— a combination of simple living, anticonsumerism, DIY ethics, self-reliance, and applied capitalism

Quantifying success

Published in July 26th, 2014
Posted by in Blogging
29 Comments

I’ll admit that I too suffer from the unhealthy (stressful?!) habit of trying to quantify success. In a materialistic society, success is frequently quantified by the kind of stuff we use to make statements about our success such as big houses and big cars. A less direct but equally important means of determining success is […]

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Optimizing blogging with S-curves

Published in July 20th, 2014
Posted by in Blogging
5 Comments

Blogging has no threshold to get started. There is no need for a degree to apply, nor is advancement determined by “unionized” seniority. This means that there is little initial investment needed to get started in terms of time and money. In fact, it is possible to start a new blog right here right now […]

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Making money blogging about lifestyle design

Published in June 26th, 2014
Posted by in Blogging, Strategy, Work
52 Comments

This is a long response to the comments on a previous lifestyle design blog post for the few who aren’t yet passed out from drinking. An economy based on selling ebooks to each other or advertising each others blogs is really no different from a service economy based on cutting each others hair. Both are […]

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