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by oldbeyond
Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Emergent Renaissance Ecology
Topic: How is the FIRE movement doing?
Replies: 337
Views: 128596

Re: How is the FIRE movement doing?

It’s not too surprising that the movement couldn’t handle the combined weight of it’s own hype, lockdowns/WFH and the recent economic troubles. Influencers/youtubers are mainly selling their own stories. They might peddle wellness or personal development but people really want to be sold someone els...
by oldbeyond
Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Bad Habits in ERE
Replies: 30
Views: 4111

Re: Bad Habits in ERE

Yeah, also failing into careerism/empire building, health (gymrat/obsessive runner) or culture warfare to name a few. For me, failing into becoming a “dad” and only that is perhaps the greatest risk.
by oldbeyond
Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Bad Habits in ERE
Replies: 30
Views: 4111

Re: Bad Habits in ERE

Another type of failure/bad habit is being stuck in the specialist mindset and focusing to much on certain areas of your life, I guess money being the most common (failing into FIRE). What attracted me to ERE was taking all of life into consideration, and not pursuing something (money, or health, or...
by oldbeyond
Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: oldbeyond's journal
Replies: 62
Views: 20707

Re: oldbeyond's journal

I’ve spent less time on here this year. Busyness, but also feeling that the habit had morphed into a negative influence on my life. I abused ERE as a form of escapism early on and even though I banished the worst of it years ago, there are still negative energies involved in how I relate to it. I’ve...
by oldbeyond
Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:20 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Bad Habits in ERE
Replies: 30
Views: 4111

Re: Bad Habits in ERE

In the same vein: - Making a straw man out of normies (“all normal people are sheep with nothing but TPS reports, junk food and plastic trinkets in their lives”) - Fueling avoidant tendencies, thus increasing anxiety when external demands no longer force you to go out into the world Nothing to do wi...
by oldbeyond
Fri May 12, 2023 1:14 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: oldbeyond's journal
Replies: 62
Views: 20707

Re: oldbeyond's journal

Spending so far this year is in line with last year. We’ve had a few major purchases, so I’d expect expenses to decrease a bit for the rest of the year. Per month: Housing 1200 Groceries 860 Insurance/services 320 Transportation 200 Health/beauty 180 Stuff 450 Eating out 160 Fun 120 In total 3490 We...
by oldbeyond
Wed May 10, 2023 1:42 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Are you an "adult"?
Replies: 41
Views: 4046

Re: Are you an "adult"?

To me adulthood is synonymous with responsibility, being the “they” who takes care of things and sits with the anxiety tough choices give rise to. Our economy and culture has been all about replacing this burden with procedures that can be followed blindly. entrepreneurial capitalism to managerial c...
by oldbeyond
Mon May 08, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: oldbeyond's journal
Replies: 62
Views: 20707

Re: oldbeyond's journal

Recent reflections of mine: - Avoidance is always negative, and something that I should be vigilant about identifying. The brief relief I receive always ends up costing me dearly. I can either make the proper sacrifice when the universe demands it, or suffer the consequences. - Self-help (or let us ...
by oldbeyond
Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: oldbeyond's journal
Replies: 62
Views: 20707

Re: oldbeyond's journal

Stress about work (and more opaquely about becoming a father again and illness in the extended family) has made me quite focused on introspection during the winter. Internal work can descend into rumination, and so it has for me. At this point, the hardest and most valuable thing would be to let go....
by oldbeyond
Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Work & Education
Topic: Reddit Advice on Coping with Salaryman Work
Replies: 84
Views: 9118

Re: Reddit Advice on Coping with Salaryman Work

I personally started out as a looser out of choice, having internalized the dim views of work life that can be found in a lot of corners in the FIRE-sphere. Merely passing the time and counting the days to freedom. That did not work for me. I guess I’ve been somewhat clueless at times and spent to m...
by oldbeyond
Thu Mar 09, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Work & Education
Topic: Reddit Advice on Coping with Salaryman Work
Replies: 84
Views: 9118

Re: Reddit Advice on Coping with Salaryman Work

I think in practice, it’s rarely one or the other. Theory is merely a game if you never act on it; action always requires some form of framework to inform what actions to take. I don’t think anyone is saying that you should take random actions and see what happens? Going to the gym or learning to fi...
by oldbeyond
Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: 1 Jacob Adjusted For Inflation (JAFI)
Replies: 213
Views: 880153

Re: 1 Jacob Adjusted For Inflation (JAFI)

@jacob: See https://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/viewtopic.php?t=10316&start=40 Lots of discussions on household size (as well as gossiping about MMM:s divorce…). If we are dividing up the pie, that would affect the distribution between households of various sizes. If we have 75 households, ...
by oldbeyond
Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: 1 Jacob Adjusted For Inflation (JAFI)
Replies: 213
Views: 880153

Re: 1 Jacob Adjusted For Inflation (JAFI)

I’ve been mulling over this for a while, nice to see someone compiling some figures! It seems obvious that the national figure isn’t that relevant from an ethical standpoint. It might be a decent predictor of the direction of future migration flows, though. And it of course points to the need for fa...
by oldbeyond
Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: oldbeyond's journal
Replies: 62
Views: 20707

Re: oldbeyond's journal

Thanks for the tip! I think the time commitment is a bit too much for me and I write in my native tongue, making it hard to share my writing. I’ll definitely lurk in the thread, though! I’m happy with my choices, and would generally make them again. I would have tried to mentally frame some things d...
by oldbeyond
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Bankai's Journal
Replies: 179
Views: 110860

Re: Bankai's Journal

If they’d offered more online only degrees back when I graduated high school, I think I’d be in a deep hole by now (even if that would have been a dream come true in the short term back then). Even with partial WFH and a family, I have to push back against the built-in drive towards isolation. I thi...
by oldbeyond
Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:57 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: oldbeyond's journal
Replies: 62
Views: 20707

Re: oldbeyond's journal

FINANCIAL Our expenses increased this year. Generally we have solved transportation + housing reasonably well for our HCOL area, but spend a lot on food and stuff. I think this is mainly due to us substituting money for time and energy, which has often been lacking. I don’t know if I can create a po...
by oldbeyond
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:39 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: oldbeyond's journal
Replies: 62
Views: 20707

Re: oldbeyond's journal

The year comes to a close. The first feeling that appeared as i decided to craft this post was anxiety mingled with embarrassment, as it seems like this year didn’t see me accomplishing much, and perhaps even regressing in some ways. The question is if this assessment is true, or if I’m overlooking ...
by oldbeyond
Wed Sep 21, 2022 2:45 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Energy usage log
Replies: 154
Views: 154808

Re: Energy usage log

The first year in our new house (of 108 sqm) ended up at 12000 kWh for space heating and hot water (district heating), and 4000 kWh of electricity usage (includes two electric space heaters in a 20 sqm room on the top floor). We had some issues with the system during the winter, perhaps that lovered...
by oldbeyond
Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:07 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: BaristaFIRE, CoastFIRE, LeanFIRE, FatFIRE, PovertyFIRE etc
Replies: 73
Views: 7897

Re: BaristaFIRE, CoastFIRE, LeanFIRE, FatFIRE, PovertyFIRE etc

I think it can be valuable to think in terms of levels of financial freedom, as it puts the emphasis on what has been achieved (be it an emergency fund or 100 years of expenses in TIPS) rather than what is still lacking. The -FIRE variants are basically tribes formed around different such levels in ...
by oldbeyond
Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:44 am
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Capital Preservation
Replies: 87
Views: 10292

Re: Capital Preservation

There are various asset allocation schemes as well where you include assets like gold, commodities, crypto, LT bonds as well as various stock styles (factors/geography). The PP is only one example. You can also trade the portfolio according to rules of your choice. That’s what I do (SMA200). See por...