Early Retirement Extreme Forums

I can recommend anything from natural fibers (wool, fur, sheepskin...) for clothing. And two other suggestions: Paul Wheaton talks about incandescent light bulbs for spot heating (f. ex. feet, hands, upper body). In Japan they use a kotatsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu , basically a thick b...

I pledge to one YouTube creator (only $2), to show my appreciation for his work. I have (re)watched some of his videos 10-20 times. The last time I checked he made about $1'600 per month from 600 patreons. His channel has 150'000 subscribers.

<t>Absolutely get the book (paper version). I would never sell mine, as I re-read parts of it every year. I find that the learnings I get out of it change with my experience on ERE. It hasn't stopped teaching me yet (I had it for about 4 years).

At least I know that I am a little boat , so back to learning and studying it is.
And also, working on creating other income streams.

One thing that comes to mind is active stock investing as opposed to passive (index investing). Even if the market as a whole is flat or trending down you can still pick individual stocks or sectors that will perform. You can do this yourself or pay a professional to do it for you. Agreed, picking ...

I second GandK's recommendation of the Macro Voices podcast that is a good one

I heard repeatedly that we* could expect a similar outcome like Japan has experienced, Mark Yusko says the US is 11 years behind, see here in this great summary of Steve Blumenthal of one of his presentations: https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2017/06/12/on-my-radar-mark-yusko-s-ten-s...

Yeah, funny that he spoke about this topic just now, but I guess he is confronted with this critique a lot. I really liked the way he talked about it, I like his personality.

I am in the process of removing the need for a pillow altogether, by gradually reducing the pillow thickness so that your body can adapt.
Katy Bowman inspired me to do this.

I disagree and would say that he has changed, f.ex it seems that he regrets all the self-experimentation he did a couple of years ago. It might be that the lyme disease made him aware of his mortality and shifted his view (he got a dog, takes more care of his family). I haven't read Tool of Titans f...

Throwing out some ideas for inspiration: - raw milk automat (I guess you would have to be a farmer for this), or selling raw milk at a farmers market. If your point-of-sale has good frequency of customers, you could make a good side income. People are willing to pay the grocery store price. The auto...

7Wannabe5 wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:17 am

General rule of thumb is don't take responsibility where you don't have authority.

7w5, I love this! Wrote it down immediately and will take it to heart.

They do have a lot of interns because they teach courses. And that is why they can do A LOT. But he has calculated how to scale the farm and still be profitable with only a family (and some help in the summer months) as well. If you are interested, listen to the podcast episode 225 on permaculturevo...

Ridgedale Farms youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mrintegralpermanence Richard Perkins has a permaculture farm in Sweden, where he does regenerative agriculture. He set up his farm to be a profitable business and not just a homestead fantasy. You can tell that he plans everything in adva...

I am not even trying to join the conversation since I still have a lot to learn. But I liked this presentation of Steven Bregman, mentioned in Jesse Felders podcast: http://www.grantspub.com/files/presentations/Grant's%20Conference_Oct%204%202016_Steven%20Bregman_Final[2].pdf Just one quote from the...

1. Deciding on an investment strategy, one that I feel confident about for a long time. And then implementing it (putting things in practice is what I struggle with most).
2. Fully understanding the systems thinking approach so I can create my own instead of copying others.

Two finance podcasts: Adventures in Finance: A real vision podcast http://adventuresinfinance.realvision.libsynpro.com/website From the guys that make Real Vision TV. They usually look at topics from more than one angle. In their last podcast about bitcoin which was just ok, they had Jesse Felder in...

I would buy forest land. Learning and skills: Get back into horseback riding. I keep putting off getting lessons because they are expensive and I would have to drive 30 min to get to a good place. Attend a Permaculture Design course and hire a Permaculture designer to help me get started with my gar...

Thanks for starting this thread (and thank you all that I can always count on the wisdom of the ERE people). I started worrying about AI ever since I listened to a Stephen Hawking interview where he stated that AI could be a real threat to humanity. I consider him to be one of the smartest people li...

I have a tablet (Nexus) and use it for reading books sometimes. Unlike most of the previous commenters, I like its multifunctionality. The tablet "lives" mostly next to my bed so I can read, watch TV/youtube, listen to podcasts or surf the internet whithout disturbing my DH who usually fal...