Early Retirement Extreme

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

MBTI and societal behavioral patterns

Published in July 8th, 2025
Posted by in Philosophy
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I think the reason that many people have the need to spend so much money and save more than 1 million for retirement is that is that they feel that security is achieved through ownership of multi-bed/bathroom houses (castles) that are built around car garages that house full size cars or big SUVs sometimes in […]

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Value infection

Published in July 7th, 2025
Posted by in Philosophy
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Imagine being born into the world with no immune system (not far from the truth) having no idea about conventions and how things are but having a curious mind, it starts picking things up. After learning the language to describe thing, attaching values and priorities become important. Initially, you would not pay attention to what […]

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Think Big, Basically and Simply.

Published in July 6th, 2025
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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