Early Retirement Extreme

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

Dollar cost averaging at the pump for cheaper gas

Published in May 28th, 2020
Posted by in How to, Transportation
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This may be taking it to extremes, but try dollar cost averaging at the pump for cheaper gas. Obviously this does not work if you have to detour to get gas, but if the gas station is on your route and you merely have to pull over, do this. Instead of filling the tank up, […]

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Preliminaries to retiring in 5 years

Published in May 27th, 2020
Posted by in Early Retirement, Transportation
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I usually start my “program” with a relocation closer to work and shopping. This allows one to shed at least one car. The rest is just variations and polishing that theme. Extreme early retirement can thus be reached through a frugal antisuburan lifestyle without car dependence, hour long commutes, and big houses. Note that this […]

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Somebody explain travel to me?

Published in April 30th, 2020
Posted by in Transportation
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I have visited 14 different countries out of the 30 or so developed countries in the world. From my superficial touristic view, I have noted that in all these countries, people earn money at day jobs, spend it on stuff, and generally lead predictable lives. The difference between countries is so much smaller than the […]

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