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Thanks Jacob. I do think I at least wissen all of that (while lacking the ability to articulate it as well as you just did). Insofar as I’m guilty of an achievement focus, I don’t know how to work through it without working through it, if that makes sense. In other words I know about the downfalls o...

I’m interested in a discussion about rate of movement through the WLs. Right now I feel like all I’ve got are questions and a few isolated thoughts, but I’ll try to arrange them. First some definitions: Crowbarring is a tactic/technique. Eg put $100 in an envelope and those are the only dollars you’...

Reading through recent comments here I realized I’d been thinking about ‘money is on tap’ wrong for years. I thought the implication was that at WL8 you’re so good at multiple capitals that you can spin up any kind of income generating scheme on short notice if you want without trying very hard. And...

@7 ah I’m with you now, yes. Part of what is difficult about talking about all this stuff is whether and when to make explicit the iceberg below the surface vs above it, when to state all assumptions, what audience is being considered, etc etc.

@7, why would I consider myself constrained to <$10k burn rate if multiple nodes of my wog got snipped simultaneously? If no sub-$10k solutions occurred to me I’d solve the problem with money until such time as I could retune my wog for sub-$10k, if feasible. Scenarios exist in which my life goes >$...

I’m not seeing wl8 as “and now you may commence with the navel-gazing”, I see it as “and now that you possess a high level of mastery over your environment and agency, things that you lacked when you had just graduated hs/uni, you may commence integrating self-knowledge for the purpose of fine-tunin...

Berrytwo and Bicycle7 stayed at QH for almost a week before b7 and I pedaled off into the desert. It was a treat to get to spend time with them as I barely was able to connect with them during fest23. As it was I was all over the place wrapping up w*rk projects and getting my own kit prepped. As is ...

No rubbing (I just fold the roll top over the top tube). Very happy with the frame bag and love that it’s roll top not zipped - able to ‘over’stuff it with no problems. The bike handles *so* much better with weight concentrated forward and down vs. panniers, it’s night and day to last year’s setup.

The comment about a side door was a reference to one of the meta-rules @Jacob had posted earlier: My larger point is that the WL table is focused on personal economics, efficiency, and life skills. Many people who could conceivably fit in WL 7-10 likely never spent much time or energy on earlier le...

No, black thing in middle is just webbing sewn across for strength and a secure attachment point for the straps that secure over the rolltop. The 'rope' is 1/8" shock cord. Paracord would work almost as well.

TBD. I sewed attachment points inside the frame so I can internally cinch it if rubbing is an issue. Will report back in 1.5months!

I made a rolltop framebag. No zippers to blow out.

I +1 Scott's advice, there is a lot of power in taking an experimental attitude towards these things. Try different things for a set amount of time (I like a month for most lifestyle experiments), and then reflect. It can be very scary to do, or not do, something 'permanently'. What if we fail? What...

This is difficult because after years or decades of frugality, it is easy to form an identity around COL and spending somewhere around 1 JAFI. Seems like it requires almost a completely different approach to one's finances and their broader lifestyle after years or decades of a particular approach....

I dunno, I think there are a lot of creative options possible. Effective altruism is not particularly new. Moreover, I think it is worth distinguishing “doing good” and “not doing harm”. One could argue that not providing capital to corporations that feed consumerism is more along the lines of prim...

I wouldn't say I was debating whether or not to conform or be conformed, I was having a realization that perhaps I've been nearly 100% conforming (masking) in ways that've been painful and uncomfortable in an unconscious "this is just what normal is, right?" as evidenced by the sensation o...

bsog I think this is a great set of questions/inquiry, thanks for this. I have more to mull but I had a couple points: *I assume even ERE Wheaton Level 7+ continue to spend, over the course of their lives, quite a few hours researching/trading stocks/managing accounts/balancing portfolios etc. These...

Sounds like you're in the right place Jossstick, welcome.

Scott, that all sounds really relevant and helpful, thank you. AE, having learned the word ‘masking’ in this context only in the post directly above yours, I’d have to say yes. It became clear to me from a young age that “act natural” was total shit advice, but I assumed that was because I was a hom...

Freedom-To: be an odd duck I was chatting with an internet friend and they offhandedly mentioned that they assumed I wasn't neurotypical. This gave me pause because I've never considered myself neurodivergent (not adhd, dyslexic, depressive, on the autism spectrum, or remarkably above or below aver...