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by jennypenny
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Inspiration
Topic: Wisdom from a Sage
Replies: 13
Views: 3921

Re: Wisdom from a Sage

by jennypenny
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?
Replies: 13
Views: 776

Re: Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?

There's a difference between "change" and "growth". There's no reason to change if you're satisfied with your current internal and external life. So in that sense, changing something I think does require dissatisfaction. What is the difference between the two terms? Degree? Dire...
by jennypenny
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?
Replies: 13
Views: 776

Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?

From another thread (posting here so as not to derail) ... Convincing anyone to change requires a vision of where to go, a plan for getting there, and dissatisfaction with their current situation. If we take the last one for granted, I suggest focusing either on refining the vision of what could eve...
by jennypenny
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: ADHD meds
Replies: 18
Views: 1168

Re: ADHD meds

I really hope we don't turn a question about meds into a question about the disease itself. If a forumite has asked about the meds, chances are they've over-researched and overanalyzed the topic for themselves (our specialty on the forum ;) ). Two points ... (1) There are documented risks with ADHD ...
by jennypenny
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: ADHD meds
Replies: 18
Views: 1168

Re: ADHD meds

Not sure where you live, but people who have OTC access use sudafed and caffeine as a substitute. Look at it this way though ... if the $150 per month is making you more productive and helps you manage the rest of your money (and life) more effectively, then it's not really costing you $150, if you ...
by jennypenny
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Buying a home without a job after retirement
Replies: 7
Views: 601

Re: Buying a home without a job after retirement

You used to be able to get a no-doc mortgage with 50% down. I think they were specifically called NINA/NIVA depending on whether you were using personal assets or anticipated rental income to cover the payments. Not sure if these are still available?
by jennypenny
Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Replies: 337
Views: 128872

Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?

I would agree with you if I thought it was about money. My point is that it's not about the money for them, so first world/third world comparisons don't apply. They are lonely and disenfranchised, and support structures that might have helped were absent or collapsed altogether during the lockdowns....
by jennypenny
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Replies: 337
Views: 128872

Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?

Here is the original Business Insider article ... https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/gen-z-dave-ramsey-advice-doesnt-work-today-2024-2 I spoke to my sons' former guidance counselor over the weekend. She echoed the same sentiments. They feel dejected and depressed. They don't feel like ...
by jennypenny
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Replies: 337
Views: 128872

Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?

Not sure if this article was posted upthread ... ‘I’d rather be caffeinated than depressed with $6’: Young Americans are rejecting Dave Ramsey’s financial advice — here’s why they say they’re ‘not willing to do anything to get out of debt' “Self-care is extremely important and if that means buying a...
by jennypenny
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
Replies: 122
Views: 6002

Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65

@jp Seems like something one could research easily? Is Google your friend on this one? Maybe, maybe not. median = 5 months So not an inverted bell curve. Majority of stays are shorter than 6 months according to the NIH. A few unlucky patients are driving the average way up. I'd only buy the insuran...
by jennypenny
Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:55 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
Replies: 122
Views: 6002

Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65

Yeah, I want to know the median length of time spent in LTC. I bet it's an inverted bell curve.


@Chenda {{hugs}} I'll keep your family in my prayers.
by jennypenny
Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Replies: 337
Views: 128872

Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?

article on FIRE regret in the NYPost today ... https://nypost.com/2024/02/19/personal-finance/im-an-extreme-budgeter-who-saved-200k-in-5-years-this-was-the-downside-i-didnt-expect/ My kids and their friends don't seem that interested in escaping work or avoiding 'the man.' Honestly, most of them see...
by jennypenny
Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: ERE Book/Blog/Forum
Topic: ERE Blog post: Ecological capitalism and consumer capitalism
Replies: 48
Views: 8149

Re: ERE Blog post: Ecological capitalism and consumer capitalism

@J: I still struggle with that question. I would routinely swing wildly between feeling despondent that my actions don't even equate to a drop of water in the ocean and feeling despondent for my kids futures and wanting to do everything I can to inspire change. Then it occurred to me that both invol...
by jennypenny
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Buying a New Computer + A Sad Story
Replies: 62
Views: 11804

Re: Buying a New Computer + A Sad Story

I was amazed at how much battery life I'm getting out of a MacBook Air with the newer silicone chips from Apple. ~15 hours of web browsing and ~12 hours of video. At this rate, it will take 8-10 years to reach the maximum discharge cycles on the battery. SSD, low voltage CPU, no fans to speak of. I...
by jennypenny
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: You Don't Need Health Insurance
Replies: 37
Views: 2677

Re: You Don't Need Health Insurance

@Scott2- What I'm getting at, and what @Ego put more succinctly, is that what you described above is treatment. Not just treatment, but establishing baselines and developing relationships with providers. What you and Ego are advocating sounds totally reasonable for healthy people trying to avoid li...
by jennypenny
Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Starting from scratch in the minimum wage system
Replies: 67
Views: 4668

Re: Starting from scratch in the minimum wage system

I had the pleasure of hearing Ehrenreich in person. It was before the book came out but she must have been writing it at the time because a lot of her talk was about traps. To give some context to help understand her perspective, she definitely viewed the issue of traps through a traditional feminis...
by jennypenny
Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
Replies: 16
Views: 1880

Re: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis

I don't think any further convincing needs to be done. As was posted in another thread here recently, a recent study (idk how credible) from the UK showed that 80% of people there feel their lives are meaningless. But why? That was my point. Are they being convinced their lives are meaningless, eit...
by jennypenny
Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
Replies: 16
Views: 1880

Re: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis

@7W5 -- I hadn't replied yet because I couldn't think of a tactful and cohesive way to express my thoughts, but you come pretty close. My not-so-tactful thoughts were basically that they (men like them) had engineered the meaning out of their lives and are now looking for contrived ways to put it ba...
by jennypenny
Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis
Replies: 16
Views: 1880

Re: The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis

7Wannabe5 wrote:
Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:19 am
I was especially struck (around 28-32) by Vervaeke's observation that majority surveyed describe their life as lacking in meaning
Who did they survey? (can't listen right now)
by jennypenny
Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
Replies: 606
Views: 168876

Re: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta

Next on Maslow’s Hierarchy are “Aesthetic Needs.” Something about placing aesthetic needs separate from/above cognitive needs on the hierarchy doesn't sit right with me. Aren't they both cognitive needs, just viewed from different areas of the brain? I guess if you view it as cognitive=function and...