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by Lemur
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemur Journal!
Replies: 946
Views: 229342

Re: Lemur Journal!

New Concept I learned recently: Wittgenstein’s Ruler: https://coffeeandjunk.com/wittgensteins-ruler/ Also a neat proverb I came across in Spiral Dynamics book: No more prizes for forecasting rain; only prizes for building an ark. Lastly, speaking of SD, if you want to watch a really awesome Red/purp...
by Lemur
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Investments Trade Log
Replies: 3046
Views: 774235

Re: Investments Trade Log

@zbigi I was just thinking that if the indexes are market-cap weighted, then FAANG can definitely take over. Maybe doesn't need to be the amount of companies but how powerful just the few of them are relative to the other industries. If Oku is right, and this is the future, then I will be ObeseFIRE ...
by Lemur
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Investments Trade Log
Replies: 3046
Views: 774235

Re: Investments Trade Log

Growth must eventually calm down, of course. Though, it does seem we are exceeding Moore's law for GPU's (more than doubling compute every two years). Energy cost also seems to be going down by a quarter every two years. We'll see if Huang's law continues. Maybe Jevons paradox can be neutralized wi...
by Lemur
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Investments Trade Log
Replies: 3046
Views: 774235

Re: Investments Trade Log

@Oku I'd wager those SWRs are definitely out of reach. Maybe in the short-term, the owners of capital will benefit greatly from automation. Everyone else is kind of SOL unless worldwide governments step in to limit the blow to labor. It is possible our generation (anyone dying before 2100 or so) can...
by Lemur
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:01 am
Forum: Inspiration
Topic: Life is a Daring Adventure | The Inspiration Thread
Replies: 334
Views: 200007

Re: Life is a Daring Adventure | The Inspiration Thread

Richard Morgan is a onetime baker and battery maker with creaky knees who didn’t take up regular exercise until he was in his 70s and who still trains mostly in his backyard shed. At 93, the Irishman is a four-time world champion in indoor rowing, with the aerobic engine of a healthy 30- or 40-year...
by Lemur
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemur Journal!
Replies: 946
Views: 229342

Re: Lemur Journal!

Hey Axel - I haven't read anything about Joe Dispenza but he seems like an interesting character from a quick Google search. I gotta say I was a bit skeptical when I came across this quip: Dr. Joe Dispenza believes that many of us are living in a state of constant anxiety. The fight-or-flight respon...
by Lemur
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemur Journal!
Replies: 946
Views: 229342

Re: Lemur Journal!

First time reading of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo A nocebo effect is said to occur when negative expectations of the patient regarding a treatment cause the treatment to have a more negative effect than it otherwise would have. Basically its the opposite of a placebo effect. So if one...
by Lemur
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: guitar player's journal
Replies: 475
Views: 122326

Re: guitar player's journal

Relate to the health section. That is a good run lol... I too can't quit caffeine. The brain just feels dull without it...But I do have a hard stop at 12pm so that sleep is not impacted. First one can be lucrative. Dashboarding just seems like one of those things that most don't want to do so if you...
by Lemur
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:18 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Investments Trade Log
Replies: 3046
Views: 774235

Re: Investments Trade Log

Is there a VIBES^ index?

Funny thing is this day and age that might be a legitimate question.
by Lemur
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:09 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemur Journal!
Replies: 946
Views: 229342

Re: Lemur Journal!

I was improving until I wasn't. Flared up again around March 5 ish...real bad. To point of once again having a straight week or so of only getting 2-3 hours of sleep, being a zombie, can't stand up straight with large bump on my lumbar spine, begging for mercy as I'm in fetal position with sciatica....
by Lemur
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Embracing Solitude: INTJ's Journey Towards Retirement
Replies: 217
Views: 92126

Re: Embracing Solitude: INTJ's Journey Towards Retirement

I am with Henry on this one. I did most of my Caesar rendering as a financial consultant (including a 3 year stint at a big 4 accounting firm which was literal hell on Earth). 7 years total (after 7 year military career but I wasn’t aware of FIRE/ERE then so those were basically lost years with litt...
by Lemur
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: Health and Food Questions
Topic: Whole-Food, Plant-based Diet is ERE
Replies: 41
Views: 2294

Re: Whole-Food, Plant-based Diet is ERE

Yes - Have tried and even went WFPB/Vegan for about a year or so but ultimately felt problems with energy levels despite getting the right micronutrients (like B12, Calcium, Magnesium, etc). My bloodwork was fantastic though. The energy issues might have been related to blood sugar crashes…far too m...
by Lemur
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Lemur Journal!
Replies: 946
Views: 229342

Re: Lemur Journal!

@NewBlood @Slevin - Thanks for checking in on me these past few months. Other then some normal stiffness in the morning, I'm pretty much 90% recovered and only getting better from here. March 2 ,2024 Net-worth: $830k (Up $50k) Finances: Woa! The market is on an absolute tear. Dropped my arbitrary go...
by Lemur
Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
Topic: Make Stuff Log
Replies: 101
Views: 33222

Re: Make Stuff Log

I cleaned a clogged bathroom sink with two pencils hooked by tape…and at the end of the stick was a metal paperclip coiled around the pencil tightly with a hook bent at the end. I did not have a wire hanger on hand. Put stick in sink and slowly rotate to pull out all gunk and hair. 8 year old now th...
by Lemur
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Western Red Cedar's Journal
Replies: 527
Views: 156143

Re: Western Red Cedar's Journal

I’m jealous WRC! This journal makes me want to go back to the Philippines again. I miss the relaxed culture, beaches, food, sights, mental decompression, and finally that strange sense of feeling what I call “the order in the chaos.” It will be a permanent destination for us eventually and then we w...
by Lemur
Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Investments Trade Log
Replies: 3046
Views: 774235

Re: Investments Trade Log

Hard to get exact numbers but VTI (my benchmark) returned 25.17% annually in the past 7 years (source: https://compound.mywallst.com/compound-interest-calculator/stocks/VTI/100/7/) meanwhile my brokerage account shows a performance of 15.30% in the same time frame. Not counting taxes I paid for real...
by Lemur
Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Investments Trade Log
Replies: 3046
Views: 774235

Re: Investments Trade Log

Sold off my 7000 shares of SoFI at $8.53. Small profit with cost basis at $8.37 but I ran covered calls for a few weeks. Split the money equally between JEPI, JEPQ, and SCHD. All in my brokerage. That was my last stock. I'm all in on ETFs and other Index funds. Split between USA etfs, International ...
by Lemur
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Embracing Solitude: INTJ's Journey Towards Retirement
Replies: 217
Views: 92126

Re: Embracing Solitude: INTJ's Journey Towards Retirement

Business Owner may be operating on thin margins in a competitive environment so in order to maintain positive cash flows, they implement these in-house plans as cost cutting measures to keep the business alive and to keep paying their employees. Employees expect increased wages to match inflation at...
by Lemur
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Slevin's journal
Replies: 196
Views: 27147

Re: Slevin's journal

+1 Slevin Relatable with my back issue...there is true acute phase that needs to be resolved first as the muscles and nerves are really severely inflamed and are sensitive to any sort of movement. This needs to be resolved first before the chronic muscle imbalances (the true root of the issue likely...
by Lemur
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: ERE Journals
Topic: Loutfard's journal
Replies: 97
Views: 13021

Re: Loutfard's journal

Random but I was just thinking to myself..how active is the ERE Wiki? Went to the Recent Changes Page.

Thank you for your service loutfard (Salute Emoji)
https://wiki.earlyretirementextreme.com ... lversion=2