Early Retirement Extreme

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

Post your $1-2 recipes

Published in October 19th, 2021
Posted by in How to
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Following the previous post on grocery shopping, I get the impression that a lot of people have some very frugal recipes. I would like to collect more recipes here, so if you post a recipe below in your favorite recipe style, whether detailed or “intuitive”, I will move it up into the main post, giving […]

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Speeding and transportation

Published in October 19th, 2021
Posted by in Transportation
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For short distances, speeding simply doesn’t make sense. Going 20% faster might feel like a big deal, but arriving 20% early on a trip that takes 15 minutes; that’s only three minutes. Consider these times to reach my dojo, which is about 3 miles away Walking: 45 minutes Running: 25 minutes Biking: 15 minutes Driving: […]

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Good housekeeping

Published in October 18th, 2021
Posted by in cost of living, household
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From a minimalist/financial independence extremist perspective ordinary books on good housekeeping (in case you need to learn it from a book 😉 ) just won’t cut it. Actually when it comes to financial independence, information targeted at “normals” is frequently useless(*). Hence, one must look elsewhere. I get my inspiration, not from run of the […]

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