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by white belt
Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:38 pm
Forum: Work & Education
Topic: Healthcare Work
Replies: 5
Views: 437

Re: Healthcare Work

DW is a surgeon still in residency so I feel like I have at least some knowledge of the field. Based on the low quality of nurses she encounters at her large research hospital and the various signing bonuses offered, there is still a shortage of nurses so I expect it to be in-demand for years to ...
by white belt
Sat Jul 05, 2025 5:17 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: White Belt's Semi-Retirement
Replies: 74
Views: 8767

Re: White Belt's Semi-Retirement


I am definitely not "work hard, play hard" (E..J) type myself, but for some likely-opposites-attract-type* reason this type frequently attempts to date and/or domesticate me, so I have often witnessed this problem in action. Two possible solutions would be (1) actively recruit (as opposed to ...
by white belt
Sat Jul 05, 2025 4:59 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: White Belt's Semi-Retirement
Replies: 74
Views: 8767

Re: White Belt's Semi-Retirement


This might call for you actively organizing meetups for activities you're interested in (or otherwise publicizing them, idk if meetups are still a thing). Casting the net wider geographically makes sense, too. I guess it all comes down to figuring out what activities you'd like to do and then ...
by white belt
Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:39 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: What Do You Eat for Weight Loss?
Replies: 409
Views: 162088

Re: What Do You Eat for Weight Loss?


Makes sense. I THINK a relatively strict 12:8 IF will be fine for me. For one, I'm in bed not too far after 8 anyway, on a good day. We recently passed the parenting milestone of NOT expecting our kids to go to bed when we do--which means DW and I no longer have any qualms about tapping out not ...
by white belt
Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:28 pm
Forum: ERE Community
Topic: ERE Marching Meetup Series
Replies: 191
Views: 98565

Re: ERE Marching Meetup Series

This is slowly morphing into PT sessions I did while in special operations. The next evolution is for someone to DIY a worm sandbag kinda like this: https://talonathletic.com/products/talo ... rm-sandbag
by white belt
Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:02 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: White Belt's Semi-Retirement
Replies: 74
Views: 8767

Re: White Belt's Semi-Retirement

One of many things I haven't quite resolved in my semi-retirement is a way to satisfy my "work hard, play hard" tendencies. It should be noted that I have at times tested closer to XNTJ or ENTJ, especially in environments that really bring out those sort of traits (e.g. the military). I'm coming to ...
by white belt
Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:50 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: White Belt's Semi-Retirement
Replies: 74
Views: 8767

Re: White Belt's Semi-Retirement


We have been in our current home for coming up on 12 years now and 100% the costs keep creeping up on you as there is no end. We have done plumbing repairs and upgrades as needed, then replaced the last old aluminum slider windows from the 70s with modern triple pane, we replaced our hot water ...
by white belt
Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:33 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: White Belt's Semi-Retirement
Replies: 74
Views: 8767

Re: White Belt's Semi-Retirement


I've never owned a home, but I think there is something to be said for good design and beautiful spaces. If you are doing the work yourself, those changes provide a reoccurring sense of accomplishment. A frugal lifestyle will likely lead to quite a bit of time at home. Having a space that you ...
by white belt
Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:16 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: White Belt's Semi-Retirement
Replies: 74
Views: 8767

Re: White Belt's Semi-Retirement


I think you would enjoy reading "A Pattern Language" if you haven't already.

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However, it's also entirely possible that the larger size of your new home is making you feel a bit more lonely than you would otherwise with your wife being gone 80+ hours/week, because the space in your home ...
by white belt
Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:47 pm
Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
Topic: Quality resources on Small Apartment Living?
Replies: 17
Views: 1230

Re: Quality resources on Small Apartment Living?

The advice in this thread is good so I won't repeat it. I used to post a lot in the Apartment Homesteading thread a few years back.



In the notion of choosing hobbies wisely and Apartment Homesteading, focuses this summer are improving cooking and starting a deep pantry with Azure Standard. I've ...
by white belt
Wed Jun 04, 2025 3:52 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: White Belt's Semi-Retirement
Replies: 74
Views: 8767

Re: White Belt's Semi-Retirement

I feel like I’m making some progress on the seemingly endless to-do list in relation to moving/home ownership. Not enough to feel ready to map out a web of goals here, but progress nevertheless.

Whenever people ask what I do with my time, I say I spend a lot of time working on my house. People ...
by white belt
Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:00 am
Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
Topic: Relationships and Guilt
Replies: 68
Views: 4107

Re: Relationships and Guilt


Applying an SD lens to the new norms of online dating and a shift away from IRL communication also explains the growing dissatisfaction and lack of long-term relationships. The most popular apps tend to prioritize physical features, and almost all communication is through text messages. It is hard ...
by white belt
Wed Apr 23, 2025 5:38 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Hristo's FI Journal
Replies: 1369
Views: 489070

Re: Hristo's FI Journal


The plan, in addition to teetotaling, is to get at least 12K steps a day, strength train 3x week, and try and maintain at least a 500 daily calorie deficit and preferably more like 1,000, prioritizing protein intake.

Here is what I have for last week:

April 13-19

- 14,294 steps per day average ...
by white belt
Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:56 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: Over 60 ERE Biomarker and Related Metrics 5 Year Competition
Replies: 91
Views: 6296

Re: Over 60 ERE Biomarker and Related Metrics 5 Year Competition


Gotcha. That makes sense. Except for the squat, they are all based on your arm joints. My torso is 4 inches longer than it should be relative to my height and my arms are relatively very short (this is known as negative ape index, because means that you are towards the end of normal human ...
by white belt
Sun Apr 06, 2025 9:23 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: The Education of Revan
Replies: 113
Views: 8823

Re: The Education of Revan

Congrats on the acceptances. I’m not as familiar with the Colorado university system, but I did go to a large public research university in my state and I think it provided pretty good value as well a large alumni network. I also found my school to be a bit of a regional hub in that most students ...
by white belt
Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:57 pm
Forum: Friends, Family, Relationships, and Community Questions
Topic: What is the most important thing in a long term relationship / marriage?
Replies: 91
Views: 14135

Re: What is the most important thing in a long term relationship / marriage?


Also, the generational gap in wealth/income has resulted in the fact that the average man in my dating cohort* has way more wealth/income than the average man in the dating cohort of my daughter's many still single female friends. One of the reasons why I am not a grandmother yet is that only ...
by white belt
Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:53 am
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Sources of financial news and opinions
Replies: 18
Views: 2998

Re: Sources of financial news and opinions

It depends how frequently you want to adjust your investments and your time horizon. I don’t follow daily financial news flow specifically, other than just using memeorandum.com which covers overall news flow. I will listen to some weekly financial podcasts like Macrovoices, Macro Trading Floor, and ...
by white belt
Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:53 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: The Education of Revan
Replies: 113
Views: 8823

Re: The Education of Revan


The college/university experience will vary greatly even within the same college depending on whether you choose to live on campus and eat cafeteria food, find a dorm/shared house where you cook with others, share a room/not share a room in a dorm, join clubs or go to parties or not, or live in an ...
by white belt
Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:05 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: House Quest
Replies: 105
Views: 12139

Re: House Quest

Regarding quitting smoking, I think others have good advice for the long term. In the short term, you could substitute nicotine pouches for smoking. This won’t solve the addiction but it will remove the more carcinogenic effects from the equation. The downside is that you can use nicotine pouches ...
by white belt
Tue Mar 11, 2025 4:55 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: The Education of Revan
Replies: 113
Views: 8823

Re: The Education of Revan


Interesting, for me university was much less social than high school. I studied computer science, and a lot of emphasis was on on individual work (or working in small teams, but that could be easily converted into individual work, via smart division of labor). I'd say university taught me a good ...