Early Retirement Extreme

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Podcast: I got interviewed on richsoil.com

Published in April 19th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement
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“Paul interviews Jacob from earlyretirementextreme.com. (There is also a thread on Early Retirement Extreme (ERE) at permies.com). They talk about Jacob’s experience retiring at 33 (he’s 35 now), and how he got to that point…” The whole interview is 2 hours long. Check it out! Originally posted 2011-09-06 17:47:24.

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What retirement means to me

Published in April 18th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy
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Following this post, I got this interesting question from “The Executioner” (slightly rephrased) “You still have a full-time job, right? How can you call your blog “Early Retirement Extreme” if you’re still on someone’s payroll as a full-time employee?” Yes, I have a full-time job, a part time job, I write this blog, I’m working […]

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My sailing adventures

Published in April 17th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy, Strategy
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Sailing is to the bay area what Aspen is to skiing. If you live there, you just gotta do it. Now, the traditional approach to start sailing yachts is to take a basic keelboat certification course. This lasts a couple of weekends (4 days) and costs about $500. After that, you can charter small keelboats […]

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