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- Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
Given the other deleterious effects of diarrhea, it doesn't seem to be a positive-value long-term strategy. Edit: and to the extent of your body having more choices, it does. Hormones affecting hunger levels, activity levels, stress levels, etc., all contribute to weight and health in general. But y...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
Thanks for your reply. Imagine two situations. First case: you eat sugary cookies, and your intestines work on them for a few days. Second case: you eat sugary cookies and your body removes them as quickly as it can in the form of diarrhea. How would the law of conservation of calories hold in thes...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
- Replies: 1389
- Views: 300305
Re: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
Second the motion for a sauna. Pretty easy build too, if you want to go rustic (no plumbing, no electricity). I built a wood-fired sauna in my backyard for maybe 5 grand all in?
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:13 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
Ah, interesting. Yes, need to noodle on how best to structure this for me. With work and family stressors and travel and school vacation schedules and all the rest, it's really hard to get into a consistent groove. So far, all I know I want to do is to make sure I don't eat when I feel "not hun...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
Thanks, @2b1s. Agree there's so many intricacies. I'm just now starting to sort through the bullshit, so my observations are really limited to just a normal, relatively healthy guy who's a bit pudgy and kinda tired of trying to figure out how to not be so pudgy, and my a-ha moment borders on "w...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
Agreed. I'm not suggesting that counting calories as a method works for the various vagaries you noted, in addition to labels just plain not being accurate. It's just been helpful for me to focus on the specifics of the inputs into the calories in (or useful calories absorbed, if you prefer) side of...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:12 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
I dunno. It's not a method of weight loss, it's just a fact of thermodynamics. I see the statement of "if calories in > calories out, you will gain weight, and vice versa" is just a restatement of the laws of physics as applied to "living organisms". Your body can't choose to ign...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
Fair enough. But to carry the analogy a bit further, what is one optimizing? And does it always (through time) have to be the same thing? And would it be the same thing (at all times) for every person? So, to the extent you are optimizing weight loss (or FI) in your "multi-legged physical (or f...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
- Replies: 751
- Views: 181987
Re: Suomalaisen Päiväkirja
I suppose it's time for an update. The winter was brutal on the mind, following the 2023 stresses mentioned above. I did end up surviving 3 rounds of layoffs. I ended up spending a lot of money to get gym memberships to have somewhere to go since I work at home full time. Cheaper than therapy. I fee...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:37 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
- Replies: 1389
- Views: 300305
Re: A Journey of Mindfulness--the Remaking of Life in Midstream.
I like that. Thanks, Henry.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 865
Re: Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?
@jp, maybe to put a finer point on it: To me, "change" is a big or drastic change (difference in kind?) while perhaps we could use "adjustment" or "growth" to be a small, incremental change (difference in degree?). I change from being an atheist to being theistic. I gro...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 865
Re: Is dissatisfaction necessary to change?
I used to focus on the negative stuff too (preppers excel at that lol), but now I find I make the greatest strides/leaps forward when building upon previous successes. I draw the most energy from my wins as it were; negative energy only gets me so far. I don't need to feel dissatisfied to have the ...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
- Topic: "How to Drop Out"
- Replies: 127
- Views: 13107
Re: "How to Drop Out"
Sorry. Catching up here, so this is not responsive to the latest. I've always thought of "FI leading to SI" or "dropping out" as a first world privilege. You can see it in the data of household density (poor = higher, probably multi-generational; rich = low, probably limited to o...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Just Gravy
- Replies: 302
- Views: 87306
Re: Just Gravy
We got this, babe.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
- Replies: 1180
- Views: 279976
Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Hey, delay. Thanks for popping in, it's nice to know someone's reading these sporadic updates. Sometimes I feel like I don't have too much to contribute here with my current trajectory. Here I must vehemently (vehemently) disagree. So many people treat FIRE as the end, when in reality it is the beg...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
- Replies: 131
- Views: 6996
Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
@candide - The insurers have modeled the boomers, I'm sure. Entire consulting practices specialize in analyzing scenarios like these, which then become standard products licensed by all the major insurers. If there is a mistake, it's likely impacting the full industry. This is when regulatory captu...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
- Replies: 131
- Views: 6996
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
- Replies: 131
- Views: 6996
Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
Yeah. I fully support social capital for picking up someone’s mail or cooking them dinner if they broke a hip. I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about when someone’s needs outpace their loved ones’ capabilities. See, e.g., @hristo’s experience with hristo’s father trying to care for his wife. ...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
- Replies: 131
- Views: 6996
Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
I thought about this more and I think for me, ending up in a LTC facility would be a personal failure. I think it's a mistake to rely only on monetary capital and not social or other forms of capital. I also think that having no financial plan or wishing this part of life and our modern solution to...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
- Topic: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
- Replies: 131
- Views: 6996
Re: ERE or Semi-ERE past Age 65
I am neither ERE/semi-ERE nor past the age of 65, but I have begun thinking of this topic, in some part due to my parents' advancing age, and so I offer some thoughts from observing them: 1) My parents are frugal. They have a 7-figure kitty, but they live off of social security alone and have for ab...