Early Retirement Extreme

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

Dealing with well-intended advice

Published in October 26th, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement
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From a consumer and even from a gross domestic product perspective owning a lot of products or things may indicate success. However, from a financially free/independent or an ecological/sustainable perspective, owning a lot of products indicates only one thing: failure. Conversely, friends and family will most likely look at a skill-based lifestyle with some suspicion. […]

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The Mexican Fisherman

Published in October 25th, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement, Work
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I am sure, you are all familiar with the story of the American tourist and the Mexican fisherman. If not, click on the link and read it right now. It describes certain truths about the protestant work ethic. What the story does not really describe but what is yet an important point is that money […]

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More about the book

Published in October 21st, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement
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The title of the book is “Early Retirement Extreme — A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence”. In terms of physical properties, it is 238 pages long and has 400+ words per page. The ink-density is high, a comparable e-book would be 500 pages long. click here to order (more ordering details are given […]

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