Early Retirement Extreme

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

What retirement is and means to me

Published in October 20th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy
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It is important to realize that world views between different generations are different. This is a cause for endless confusion when discussing something like retirement or how a career would take shape. I was born in 1975 and so I fall somewhere between Generation X and Generation Y. For example, I have a blog and […]

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My 4 hour work week

Published in October 17th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, How to, Work
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Aside from being financially independent, I also maintain a 4 hour work week just to prove that you don’t need to accumulate six figures of net worth to leave a full time career. Consider it a form of social service: Oh, the sacrifices I make just to prove a point 🙂 Update: I no longer […]

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Living aboard

Published in October 12th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, How to, Strategy
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I’m the type that sees life itself as an adventure. I left my home country almost 10 years to go to grad school in another country. When I finished, I left for country number three (this country). I live with the presumption that I live with a sense of purpose or that my life has […]

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