Early Retirement Extreme

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

Update 4 – Some woodworking projects

Published in December 30th, 2012
Posted by in Personal, Timely
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I build my projects right in the middle of our living room using hand tools. Since I use handtools instead of powertools, there’s hardly any dust, hence no need for a dedicated room or shop. I make the projects out of framing, that is, the infamous 2×4. When we moved in, I insisted that I [...]

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Update 3 – Interesting spreadsheet calculation

Published in August 20th, 2012
Posted by in Personal, Timely
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Current net worth: 48 years worth of expenses. Annual withdrawal rate: 2.1% Not much to report since the last update… we only had so many, that is one, car to sell, although I might lose my cell-phone virginity soon given that prices have come down to $36/year… all that’s needed to pay that is 25 [...]

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Update 2 – Look Ma, No car!

Published in June 28th, 2012
Posted by in Personal
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Current net worth: 49 years worth of expenses. Annual withdrawal rate: 2.1% As promised in the last update something significant happened. We decided to sell our car (why pay for something that’s parked most of the time?) but more about that later. First some service announcements: Once again, we need to remember that in terms [...]

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