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What makes me feel rich

Published in June 29th, 2025
Posted by in Health, Philosophy
16 Comments

I think the idea of splurging a little to feel rich while not being rich and in particular while paying off debt is misguided and up there along with “what kind of candy bars do you have in your weight loss plan?”. It seems obviously self-contradictory, so why does it exist? The reason is that […]

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Does retiring early lead to a shorter lifespan?

Published in June 23rd, 2025
Posted by in Early Retirement, Health, Work
21 Comments

Not according to this graph, which shows an almost inverse correlation between retirement age and lifespan, that is, the sooner you retire, the longer you will live. The graph shows linearity going into earlier years. It is interesting how long that relation holds. This somehow contrasts with this study which comes to the opposite conclusion. […]

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Physiological advantages

Published in June 20th, 2025
Posted by in Health
27 Comments

I have noticed that there are some things which I [can] do without really being aware that it is not normal not to have these advantages—kinda like presuming that everybody knows the multiplication table: Quick after me 5*9, 8*7, 6*9, 5*8, 9*7. When in fact this is not normal. For instance, I have a high […]

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