Early Retirement Extreme

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Tenouchi and appropriate action

Published in March 1st, 2021
Posted by in Philosophy, Strategy
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Within the martial arts tenouchi is a fairly high level concept which literally means “inside of hand” (te/hand no/of uchi/inside) and which can be translated as grip. Understanding grip is obviously very important. What I offer here are just some general observations as they pertain to two-handed cutting weapons and how those observations translate into […]

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Living aboard

Published in March 1st, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, How to, Strategy
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I’m the type that sees life itself as an adventure. I left my home country almost 10 years to go to grad school in another country. When I finished, I left for country number three (this country). I live with the presumption that I live with a sense of purpose or that my life has […]

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My top 5 tips to becoming an extreme early retirement expert

Published in February 28th, 2021
Posted by in Early Retirement, How to, Strategy
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I am not really a big fan of lists of tips of “small actionable steps”. While fun, at least as long as they’re short, I don’t find such lists very helpful(*), mostly because they either list things I’m already doing (turn the light off hen you leave the room) or things that do not apply […]

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