I’m most excited about the ethics book. If you have any notes you ever want to run by anyone that shares common values with you (and didn’t find ERE “too complicated”) feel free to reach out to me.

You should definitely do the ethics book. Don’t force it out right now or anything. But eventually, when you are feeling it, I think having that all written down and worked out and cohesively presented would be an incredible feat. Creating your own philosophy from scratch is basically what Ayn Rand did. And while many hate her because they disagree with her, and I myself don’t agree with a lot, I still find her work outrageously impressive. It’s such a ballsy and ambitious thing to do; to not only reject everything else out there in favor of creating your own ideology, but then be so firmly behind it that you are able to present it.

I’m excited about the investing book. I will begin ERE investing in 3 years, hopefully it’s done by then!

Thanks for the update and “fresh” post, I’m very interested in your projects!

@Maus – Oh yes, I forgot about the cookbook that I really need to write ASAP. It will be shaped in the form of a brick, suitable for self-defense, offense, and crushing things, like tomatoes and skulls 😎

Seriously though, I am interested in collaborating. I would be especially interested in collaborating on something like WORKBOOK since I don’t think I have the voice for this. In terms of collaborations, it is important to establish a driver, who’s responsible for getting the work done [and does most of the writing]. I would prefer not to be that person [except for the projects I own]. My standard deal is that the driver gets 100% of the proceeds. It’s easier that way [but that’s just due to my ignorance in how to frame the business side.]

For a cook book, I could provide the shopping tricks, some gardening stuff, and the typesetting.

@Naes – I have so far divided INVBOOK into two parts. 1) A way of seeing the markets; and 2) Different ways of understanding the market.

I did not plan to include a specific strategy (much like the ERE book didn’t include a specific strategy). However, maybe doing what you suggest would be a better use of part 2. As it stands, I was thinking of providing some generalized insights on standard thinking. (This is a HUGE job because there are so many investment theories in existence.)

So many frugal finance books focus on tips, while the WORKBOOK could focus on different recipes for the overall strategy, following the Pareto principle. If you don’t feel like it’s worthy of a book, a wiki could be a good solution.

You’ve talked a bit about investing on the blog, but that’s probably the topic you’ve covered the least of these three. I’m most worried about how to invest given a flat market in the long term. What’s the probability that the economy will enter a long, oscillating decline? What do you do then?

I think most readers aren’t as familiar with formal ethics as we are with the above two, but you’ve covered some basics. Is there anything out there that looks similar to what you want to do?

OpenEats is an open source software package for running an online recipe collection. Combine with wiki for the principle stuff, and viola! Cookbook.

Please, please don’t turn into a Dave Ramesey! When you start making more than $X million a year, you give up your life/time, your family, and your true hobbies…to become a worker for Greed..Jesus taught others what Love is without intention of money/power/fame/glory , he didn’t even ask once for his accounts to be written in a book. Once you post a portrait of yourself on the cover of a book/website/magazine, you have become corrupt 😉

@Surio – I try to avoid writing books ‘in the conventional sense’ so don’t worry 😉

@lizard – Same way as I did with the ERE book. The INV book will not be country specific or specific for that matter. In the usual tradition it will “provide the tools for people to make their own plans”.

Jacob,
I’m only a recent visitor to your blog, but I’d be interested in collaborating on the investing book. After 20 years in software development, first as a technical writer, then 15 years as a project manager/producer, I scaled back my life in a way quite similar to yours, while transitioning to full-time trading.

However, I miss the education and the interaction that I had with others. Please email me if you’d like to discuss this more. Thanks either way and congratulations on your life.

Jeff