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by 2Birds1Stone
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:46 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: What is your ERE housing score?
Replies: 91
Views: 36483

Re: What is your ERE housing score?

Current score : NA

Houseless since October 2022.
by 2Birds1Stone
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: My side of the mountain
Replies: 29
Views: 2246

Re: My side of the mountain

Congrats, lurking your thread for a while, just popping in now.

The idea of ERE land coops is intriguing......
by 2Birds1Stone
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

Just search "cheap housing/apartments for rent in ______" on Facebook (fill in blank with city or region of interest) and list some criteria like dates, budget etc in your "looking for" posts and you will get plenty of solicitations. I would look at places in person before commit...
by 2Birds1Stone
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:05 am
Forum: ERE Community
Topic: Advanced Retroadaptics Podcast
Replies: 93
Views: 22986

Re: Advanced Retroadaptics Podcast

I could be convinced to participate in the future, though I'm not sure how interesting that would be for others to listen to :)
by 2Birds1Stone
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:51 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

Today we went to a meetup through an online nomad group DW and I have been part of for a year, we met a couple who is doing the dance between Chiang Mai and central Vietnam. It's a bit of a hassle but costs are super low if you commit to longer term rentals. They are renting a studio apartment that'...
by 2Birds1Stone
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:26 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

I really enjoyed getting to know you over the course of ten days rather than the course of a few hours. The feeling is mutual, what a blast! It's really cool to hang and get to know people that you've been following online for a while. Especially since I've been trying to push you to take the plung...
by 2Birds1Stone
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:04 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

Xin chào từ Hội An Or Hello from Hoi An for those of us (myself included) who don't speak Vietnamese. I'm looking at this as a period of exploration and learning. Exploring the external world, especially one that fascinates me but until now didn't have the time or resources to experience firsthand....
by 2Birds1Stone
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Just Gravy
Replies: 289
Views: 85611

Re: Just Gravy

Congrats on taking this important step, it takes cajones.
by 2Birds1Stone
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: Work & Education
Topic: I like job hunting
Replies: 12
Views: 698

Re: I like job hunting

Retired technical sales exec here........... Job hunting or interviewing is definitely salesmanship through and through. You're literally prospecting to create a pipeline of opportunities that you then try to close. I always tell people who are really good at interviewing that if they actually have ...
by 2Birds1Stone
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

Do you have any lasting injuries? I donated my crutches, so that's a sign of improvement. Today I'm going to do some rehab work for the core/lower back and see how it feels. So far there's been significant daily improvement. From not being about to walk/sit, even shower the first few days, to hitti...
by 2Birds1Stone
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

Thanks for chiming in with your $.02 folks. @Kipling, I don't plan to stop posting. I guess it was just quiet here for a while (mostly my own fault), and it's nice to see others are getting something out of this. The OP certainly is, as I don't do any analog journaling (maybe I should start that too...
by 2Birds1Stone
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Insane Propane vs. Microwave Mania
Replies: 13
Views: 1028

Re: Insane Propane vs. Microwave Mania

Even though that wasted energy could heat the room, as I don't set my thermostat above 50*F in winter. To add something to consideration, cooking potato's on the stove for 45 min using LP and hoping to heat the house with it also likely means poor ventilation and a non trivial amount of unwanted to...
by 2Birds1Stone
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

While the ingredients are fresh, they use that really cheap oil that we try to avoid. That's why we always carry a pot/stove/cookware. While cost is a factor, eating out every day for months is not fun or healthy. We try to avoid the greasy stuff too. Our hack has been a lot of muesli/granola with ...
by 2Birds1Stone
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

Thanks for your journal update! So you manage live on 2% WR even while travelling the world? That must be really enjoyable. 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 t...
by 2Birds1Stone
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

The Land of Smiles Thailand left what I believe will be a lasting impression on us. We're already planning our trip back for very early December, to make it to Chiang Mai for a month before the burning season. DW is absolutely hooked on diving, if she doesn't end up getting it somewhere else betwee...
by 2Birds1Stone
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Quitting when investments=IR of 1 vs income robustness
Replies: 10
Views: 542

Re: Quitting when investments=IR-1 vs income robustness

Being completely retired is pretty awesome......you couldn't pay me enough to return to work, no matter how easy and highly compensated it was. The problem with some of these strategies is the goal posts moving. The more=better mentality makes it hard to completely walk away and open yourself up to ...
by 2Birds1Stone
Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Western Red Cedar's Journal
Replies: 527
Views: 156107

Re: Western Red Cedar's Journal

It's $30-50 for each country, but a refundable onward ticket through a service is the easiest way to get around your logistics/red tape issues. You could also choose to book a refundable ticket yourself for free but then you're potentially tying up the cost and taking the risk of getting the refund.
by 2Birds1Stone
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Western Red Cedar's Journal
Replies: 527
Views: 156107

Re: Western Red Cedar's Journal

I do seem to be spending a lot of mental bandwidth on logistics, and navigating daily decisions (where to eat, what to do, how to get there, how to find more sunscreen, where we should book the next room/ferry/bus, etc...). That's actually one of my favorite aspects of traveling to new and unknown ...
by 2Birds1Stone
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Frugal chicos journal - ERE in The Basque Country
Replies: 756
Views: 164794

Re: Frugal chicos journal - ERE in The Basque Country

Congrats on all fronts!

I sound like a broken record in here, but you're well beyond FI and it's hard to commiserate regarding the doom and gloom around work =P

PS: if you keep moving the goal posts, it will always be "just a little more comfort and peace of mind".
by 2Birds1Stone
Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails
Replies: 1172
Views: 273606

Re: Nomadic-ERE Year 5 - Wanderlust Prevails

Greetings from Bangkok! January was a whirlwind with a cross country drive, spending a week with our nearest and dearest friends (and family), and final prep for the next nomadic leg of our adventure. After ~30 hours of travel, major jet lag, some R&R here in our first accommodation we're finall...