Early Retirement Extreme

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

Fit Dad Fat Dad

Published in April 15th, 2021
Posted by in Health
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The title of this post is “Fit Dad Fat Dad” partially in honor of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and partially to stir up some controversy in the same way that RDPD does. RDPD has a fairly poor reputation amongst personal finance bloggers. I think the reason is that it questions widely held beliefs on personal […]

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Swine flu and systemic responses

Published in April 8th, 2021
Posted by in Health, Strategy
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Whenever the swine flu (the pork industry would prefer if you refer to it as H1N1) or some other epidemic is spreading across the countryworld, it is a good opportunity to remark on a few strategies(*) the virus may take to survive. (*) If you think of humanity as a virus, it is also a […]

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Passion

Published in April 7th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, Health, Philosophy
22 Comments

“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.” — Sri Ramakrishna I really like this quote. It provides a visual image of a very important point. The point is that you must be passionate to succeed. Being passionate centers every action and every choice […]

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