Early Retirement Extreme

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

Early Retirement Extreme Forums

Published in July 21st, 2010
Posted by in Timely
12 Comments

Due to popular request, I have installed some forum software. You can get to the forums by clicking on “Forum” in the top navigator bar. Now, I have no experience running a forum and I don’t even use them that much, so let me know about any issue you may encounter. Problems registering, suggestions for […]

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Financial advisers – a conflict of interest

Published in July 17th, 2010
Posted by in Finance, Timely
17 Comments

A post in which I skirt the boundaries of the conflict of interest problem(*) by discussing financial advisers. I generally do not discuss investing (I try to avoid it) because I think anything I could say is just enough to make people dangerous to themselves but not enough to save themselves from doing something stupid. […]

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The downsizing challenge

Published in July 8th, 2010
Posted by in Strategy, Timely
29 Comments

Some time ago I posed a challenge to the apprentices/applicants. Here was the wording: I got a decluttering exercise for everybody on the apprentice list. The primary point is to get less attached to stuff (and develop particular habits). I consider everything I own for sale at any one point in time. Essentially, the world […]

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