Early Retirement Extreme

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Marathon running and personal finance

Published in September 16th, 2021
Posted by in fitness, motivation, personal finance
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Recently Lazy man illustrated the keys to financial success by comparing it to the Patriot’s success on the football field. I don’t know much about playing football, but if it is anything like hockey, it is less easy than it looks and requires tremendous skill. Not only do these athletes need to have a high […]

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Getting in shape without paying a dime

Published in September 1st, 2021
Posted by in fitness, frugal
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Using body weight and leverage is possible to put stresses on the body that would correspond to a couple of hundred pounds in the gym. For strength, there is the one-armed push up and the one-legged squat as described in The Naked Warrior. The best thing about these exercises is that they can be done […]

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Think Big, Basically and Simply.

Published in July 26th, 2021
Posted by in fitness, Philosophy
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I’m currently reading Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by Jim Stockdale (again). I’m not quite finished yet, but the book is chocked full of wisdom that is applicable to [my] life once the translation between military life and civilian life is made. In his essay on “climbing the pyramids of naval aviation” he emphasizes […]

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