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Guest post: New Beginnings Post Divorce, Post Kids, Post 9-5

Published in August 4th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Work
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This is a guest post from P who married young, retired at 38 with 3 kids, and got divorced at 44. She is now 47, runs her own company, and plans to bike across the US next year. I am not sure you are ever “post kids” but my youngest is off to college in […]

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Becoming less productive and less competitive

Published in August 2nd, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Strategy
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Modern man has an endless fascination with productivity. There is always something that could be done faster or more effective. Productivity is not a natural state though. You do not see an animal trying to be more productive. It simply does its thing, takes what it needs and no more. Not humans, they always take […]

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On rabbits and turtles and popular lifestyle gurus

Published in August 1st, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Strategy
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Considering this thread on the relative “fitness” of the rabbit-approach to financial success (high-leverage, take risk, cheat, …) vs the turtle-approach to financial success (work hard, be persistent, save, …), it is interesting to consider the breeding strategies of rabbits vs turtles. For turtles it is a massive endeavor. It takes many years to reach […]

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