Early Retirement Extreme

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

Modern "Fitness"

Published in December 20th, 2024
Posted by in Health
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What’s with the quotation marks? Let me begin with a story [from 2008]… This week DW is in New York. This means the car is parked at the airport. Also, it’s raining heavily which means that I’m not riding my bike. I have made a solemn promise that this bike shall never touch water (grit). […]

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Does retiring early lead to a shorter lifespan?

Published in December 19th, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement, Health, Work
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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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What makes me feel rich

Published in December 8th, 2024
Posted by in Health, Philosophy
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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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