Early Retirement Extreme

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The danger of outgrowing your lifestyle

Published in February 27th, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement, Strategy, Work
23 Comments

I have mostly seen this within the context of backpacking, which in this modern age is known as “incredibly awesome minimalist traveling” or something, and institutionalized education. It is a surmountable problem which comes from the fact that most people treat these lifestyles, the traveling lifestyle and the student lifestyle as phases. Anyone who repeats […]

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One man’s meat is another man’s poison

Published in February 24th, 2024
Posted by in Work
7 Comments

Ha! You probably thought this was about vegetarianism, but it isn’t. I recently got a pingback from a Brazen Careerist post on her opinion on bad job advice lobbing me in with the baby boomers. Crickey! I thought I was older than that. Actually, I’m only 33 and so at the edge between Generations X […]

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Lack of intrinsic motivation will destroy your early retirement

Published in February 15th, 2024
Posted by in Early Retirement, Health, Philosophy, Work
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I submit that intrinsic motivation is hugely important for a successful early retirement. If you have somehow lost your intrinsic motivation, retiring early may lead to a boring if not directly miserable life. What is intrinsic motivation? There are essentially four cognitive processes: motivation, willpower, thinking, and feeling. Motivation and willpower are the two cognitive […]

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